Fazakerley

This article is about the Liverpool suburb. For other uses, see Fazakerley (disambiguation).

Fazakerley /fəˈzækərli/ is a suburb of north Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 16,786.^[1]

Fazakerley
Holy Name Church, Fazakerley
Fazakerley Location within Merseyside
Population	16,786 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ376971
Metropolitan borough	Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L9, L10
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Liverpool Walton
List of places UK England Merseyside 53.4676°N 2.9408°W / 53.4676; -2.9408

Description

Fazakerley is in north Liverpool; neighbouring districts include Croxteth, Gillmoss, Aintree and Kirkby. It includes Fazakerley railway station, Altcourse Prison and Aintree University Hospital.

History

Fazakerley takes its name from Anglo-Saxon root words—all descriptive words pertaining to land; *Fæs-æcer-lēah. This can be broken down to fæs (border or fringe), æcer (field) and lēah, meaning a wood or clearing.

In 1321, Fazakerley was described as follows: "the country is extremely flat and treeless, with nothing to recommend it to the passer-by, for it seems to be a district of straight lines, devoid of any beauty".^[2] It had an area of 1,709 acres (6.92 km²) and was separated from Walton by a brook, and from West Derby partly by Sugar Brook up to Stone bridge.

Fazakerley was formerly a township in the parish of Walton-on-the-Hill,^[3] in 1866 Fazakerley became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1922 the parish was abolished and merged with Liverpool.^[4] In 1921 the parish had a population of 6055.^[5]

Fazakerley was once home to a Royal Ordnance Factories plant (ROF Fazakerley),^[6] which manufactured weapons such as the Lee–Enfield rifle, Sten^[7] and Sterling submachine guns both during and after World War II.

In television

1983 Yorkshire Television drama One Summer was partially set in Fazakerley.

See also

• Walton Centre
• Everton Cemetery, contains listed buildings
• Dixons Fazakerley Academy
• ROF Fazakerley

Notable residents

• Lyn Andrews, novelist
• Stuart Barlow, football coach and former professional player
• Andy Brown, lead singer in Lawson
• Mike Bulger guitarist/songwriter (The Christians/Sugarcide/Here's Johnny/Lalabambam)
• Rickie Lambert, football coach and former professional player
• Lauren McQueen, actress
• Owen Moran, lead singer of Cook da Books
• David Pownall, playwright and novelist, born here 1938
• Steve Rotheram, Lord Mayor of Liverpool (2008–09), former MP for Liverpool Walton
• Jack Spriggs, Lord Mayor of Liverpool (2002–03)
• Stephen Bunting, Professional Darts Corporation player