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- ABERCROMBY SQUARE 7 Commemorates General Sir Ralph Abercromby
(1734-1801), Commander of the British Army in Egypt who was killed in the battle
of Alexandra in 1801
- ACKERS HALL AVENUE 14 Ackers Hall was the dower house of
Lady Molyneaux, the widow of Sir Patrick Molyneaux who died in 1568. Afterwards,
she married William Moore of Bankhall
- ADDISON STREET 3 Formerly Sickman's Lane
or Deadman's Lane Named after Joseph Addison (1672-1719) poet, essayist and
statesman. The former name was given to the country lane where, in times of
plague, sufferers were isolated in cabins. If they died, the poor were buried in
the vicinity.
- AIGBURTH HALL ROAD AND
- AIGBURTH HALL AVENUE 19 The original
Aigburth Hall was a medieval building which came into the possession of the
Tarleton family of Fazakerley through marriage. It was demolished and a modern
building bearing the name was built on the site. That, too, has been demolished.
ALBERT PARADE 3 It is a riverside walk adjacent to Albert Dock, which was opened
by Prince Albert in 1846.
- ALLERTON BEECHES 18 The name derives from a mansion
built by Sir Henry Tate, to the design of Norman Shaw, called Allerton Beeches.
- ALMA ROAD 7 Commemorates the Battle of Alma, in the Crimean War, when the
Russians were totally defeated in 1854.
- ANFIELD ROAD 4 Derived from Hangfield,
the original name of Breckfield Road North.
- ARCHERFIELD ROAD 18 The name was
inspired by the so-called Archer's Stone in nearby Booker Avenue.
- ARGYLE STREET
1 Called after John, Duke of Argyll, celebrated by Scott in "The heart of
Mid-Lothian".
- ASHFIELD 15 The house which gave the road this name was built by
James Clemens, Mayor of Liverpool in 1775 when the seamen's riots took place and
the Town Hall was attacked with cannon brought from their ships.
- ASHTON STREET
13 AND ASHTON SQUARE 25 They commemorate Nicholas Ashton, owner of the Dungeon
Salt Works, Hale, and a ship-owner. ATHOL STREET 5 Named after the Duke of
Athol, on whom an Honourary Freedom was conferred by the Town Council BALTIMORE
STREET 1 One of the streets laid out by Mr Hunter, who was engaged in the
Virginia tobacco trade and lived in Mount Pleasant. BANASTRE STREET 3 Named in
compliment to General Sir Banastre Tarleton, MP. Son of John Tarleton, he was
born in a house on the corner of Fenwick Street and Water Street. He fought in
the American Civil War. BANKHALL STREET 20 Bankhall was the second home of the
Moore family. It's site was about the junction of Juniper street and Bankhall
Lane but about twenty feet above the present ground level. It was demolished in
1770 BARKHILL ROAD 17 Named after a mansion called `Barkhill' on Mossley Hill,
first occupied by Thomas Adison who was succeeded by James Howell, a cotton
broker. In 1845, Howell's daughter named a ship `Barkhill' from the Baffin
Street yard of Thomas Royden. BASNETT STREET 1 Laid out between 1770 and 1780 by
the Basnett family of which Christopher was the founder. He was the first
minister of Key Street Chapel (licensed in 1707), the meeting place of the
Protestant Dissenters. BATH STREET 3 The name derives from the sea-water baths
erected about 1765. They were demolished in 1817 to make way for Princes Dock.
BEACONSFIELD ROAD 25 Derives from Beaconsfield House, a mansion built by Ambrose
Lee, a solicitor and property owner, who laid out the road. He is thought to
have named it in allusion to the beacon on Woolton Hill. BEAUFORT STREET 8 Named
after the Duke of Beaufort, formerly the Marquis of Worcester, who was the
guardian of Charles William, 8th Viscount Molyneux and 1st Earl of Sefton, who
was orphaned when eight years of age. Beauclair Drive 15 Named after the Duke of
St Alban's family, the Beauclerks, who inherited the Speke Estate of the
Norris's BEECHWOOD ROAD 19 The name derives from the mansion called Beechwood
House, one of a group of Grade Two listed buildings. BELOE STREET 8 Named in
compliment to Charles Henry Beloe, a civil engineer, who sat as a Liberal for
Abercromby Ward on Liverpool City Council from 1892 to 1902. BENSON STREET 1
Called after John Benson, the refractory juryman referred to in one of the
Letters of Junius addressed to Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice of the
King's Bench. BENTLEY ROAD 8 It was named after a thatched cottage in Lodge Lane
which was William Roscoe's last home and where he died in 1831. BERRY STREET 1
Originally Colquitt Street. Henry Berry, Liverpool's second dock engineer, lived
in a house on the north-east corner of Duke Street. BEVINGTON BUSH 3 It was the
name of a thickly wooded valley between Bevington Hill and Everton Hill. An inn
on Bevington Hill was called `The Bush'. BIRCHFIELD STREET 3 It was laid out
through a field called Birchfield on which three houses were built, one of them
owned by William Roscoe, who also owned the field. BIXTETH STREET 3 Alderman
Thomas Bixteth, Mayor of Liverpool in 1701, was complimented by the Corporation
for having paved the street in front of his house with his own hands. BLACKBURN
PLACE 8 John Blackburn, Mayor of Liverpool in 1760, lived in Blackburn House
between 1785 and 1790. BLACK HORSE LANE 13 Formerly Black Moss Lane The former
name referred to one of the bogs, or mosses by which Liverpool was surrounded
for centuries. The present name derives from the original inn of that name at
the Prescot Road corner of the lane. BLACKROD AVENUE 24 The name of an estate
near Bolton was granted to Hugh le Norris of Speke by John, Count of Mortain in
the 12th century. BLACKWOOD AVENUE 25 It takes it's name from the Black Wood,
which appears on an enclosure map of 1813, when it was owned by Bamber Gasgoyne
of Childwall Hill. BLAKE STREET 3 Named after Admiral Robert Blake (1599-1657),
who became commander of Parliamentary forces during the Civil War but, in 1649,
was appointed General-at-Sea and won several victories against Prince Rupert,
the Dutch and the Spaniards. BOLD STREET 1 Named after Jonas Bold, who leased
land from the Corporation on which St Luke's Church and a ropery owned by James
and Jonathon Brookes were built. BOLTON STREET 3 Perpetuates the memory of John
Bolton who, 1803, raised and equipped 800 men at his own expense. They became
known as Bolton's Invincibles. On December 20th, 1805, Bolton fought and won the
last duel to take place in the town. BOOKER AVENUE 18 Josias Booker was a West
India merchant who lived in Poplar Grove, Allerton. He was one of the founders
of St Anne's Church, Aigburth. BOTANIC ROAD 7 It was here that the second
Botanic Gardens were established. BOUNDARY STREET 5 It marks the aincient
boundary between Liverpool and Kirkdale. BOWRING PARK AVENUE 16 Sir William
Benjamin Bowring gave to the city Ropy Hall and Park which was renamed Bowring
Park. BRECK ROAD 4 Breck is an Old English word meaning uncultivated land.
BRECKFIELD ROAD NORTH 5 Formely Hangfield Lane. Hangfield or hongfield means an
ancient division of land. BRIDGEWATER STREET 1 Commemorates the completion of
the Bridgewater canal in 1773. BRIDPORT STREET 3 Named after Admiral Lord
Bridport (1726-1814), a brother of Lord Hood who was second in command of the
"Glorious First of June", 1794, when the French were defeated in a battle fought
400 miles west of Ushant. BRODIE AVENUE 18 & 19 John Alexander Brodie,
Liverpool's City Engineer (1898-1925). In 1891, he invented and patented
football nets and, in 1901, he patented the idea of prefabricating houses from
reinforced concrete slabs. He also introduced the idea of using central
reservations for tramcars. The first reserved track, Edge Lane to Broad Green,
was completed in 1914. BROOKS ALLEY 1 Joseph Brooke, a merchant and a ropemaker,
lived in a house in Hanover Street which had an ornamental garden through which
the alley was laid. BROOKLANDS ROAD 13 Named after the Venerable Archdeacon
Brooks (1775-1855), Rector of Liverpool, who owned land in the vicinity.
BROUGHAM TERRACE 6 Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, was a lawyer, Whig
politician and Lord Chancellor of England. He was a friend of the Rev. William
Shepherd, minister of Gateacre Unitarian Chapel, and it was Brougham who
composed Shepherd's memorial tablet in that chapel. BROWNLOW HILL & STREET 3 One
of the meanings of the word "low" is hill and so Brownlow Hill means simply
"brown hill" BRUNSWICK ROAD 6 Formerly Folly Lane. It is said that while a
painter engaged in repainting street signs was temporarily absent, a lady
sympathetic to Caroline, the ill-used consort of George IV, boldly chalked
"Brunswick Place" on the original sign. The painter on returning and seeing the
alteration, assumed it had been made by someone in authority and so he copied
it. Later Brunswick Place became Brunswick Road. Islington was originally called
Folly Lane but it was extended to include Brunswick Road. The Folly was a tall
tower built by a man named Gibson on the site now occupied by Wellington Column.
At the foot of the tower were pleasure gardens. BUTTON STREET 2 John Button was
granted a lease on the land through which the street was cut in 1722. He
recorded his vote in 1784, having lived through the reigns of six monarchs of
England. BYROM STREET 3 Formerly Towns End Lane or Dog Kennel Lane. It was named
after George Byrom, a pavior and builder, who had a yard nearby. The former
names derived from Towns End, the name for the end of Dale Street and from the
neighbouring kennels of the Corporation supported pack of hounds. CAMDEN STREET
3 Sir Charles Pratt, 1 st Earl of Camden (1713-1794) was called to the Bar in
1738. He was Lord Chancellor (1766-1770), President of the Council (1782-1794)
and was created Earl of Camden in 1786. CAMPBELL STREET 1 Formerly Pot House
I.ane. George Campbell, a West India merchant and sugar boiler, was Mayor of
Liverpool in 1763. The name Pot House Lane derived from a pottery. CANNING PLACE
1 By a resolution of the Council in May, 1832, `it was named out of respect to
the memory of the late Right Honourable George Canning to whose exertions the
Council are so mainly indebted in the assistance afforded them in carrying into
effect the plan for erecting a new Custom House and other Revenue Buildings on
the abovementioned site.' CARLTON STREET 3 Carlton was the name of a leading
member of the board of the City of Dublin Packet Company whose premises were
nearby. CARNATIC ROAD 18 The first Carnatic Hall was built by Baker and Dawson,
owners of the privateer `Mentor', out of part of the proceeds of the sale
resulting from the capture of the French EastIndiaman `Carnatic' in 1799.
CARPENTERS ROW 1 Commemorates the shipwrights of the neighbouring shipyards.
CARYL STREET 8 The Molyneux family owned most of Toxteth Park and it was after
Caryl, 3rd Viscount Molyneux that this street and Lord Street were named. CARVER
STREET 3 Mr Carver, Steward to the Earl of Derby had a house there. CASES STREET
1 Named after Thomas Case, a brother-in-law of Sarah Clayton. CASTLE HILL 2 It
took its name from the hill which ran down from Castle Street to the river.
Daniel Defoe was entertained in the house of Sam Done on Castle Hill in 1705. It
is now only 13 yards long. CATHERINE STREET 8 Called after his mother by William
Jones (1788-1876), who built houses in the city's Bloomsbury area. He built his
own house, 35 Catherine Street, where he lived until his death. CAVENDISH
GARDENS 8 It is on the fringe of Princes Park, which was laid out by Joseph
Paxton, then head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. The name
perpetuates the association of the Cavendish's with this enterprise. CAZNEAU
STREET 3 Joseph Cazneau, a merchant, built the first house in the street in
1796. CHADWICK STREET 3 Called after the proprietor of a limekiln in the
neighbourhood. CHAPEL STREET 3 It led to the ancient chapel of St Mary-del-Quay
on the water's edge. Chapel Street was one of the original seven streets.
CHATHAM STREET 7 Called after William Pitt (1708-1778), Ist Earl of Chatham, the
"Great Commoner" and one of the Britain's greatest statesmen. CHILDWALL ABBEY
ROAD 16 There never was an abbey in Childwall, The name derives from that of a
hotel called Childwall Abbey. CHILDWALL PRIORY ROAD 16 A farm called Childwall
Priory gave its name to the road. CHRISTIAN STREET 3 A potter named Philip
Christian built a house on the corner of the street with material salvaged from
the demolition of Gibson's Folly. CHURCH STREET 1 So called from St Peter's
Church Liverpool's first Corporation Church and the first church to be built in
England since the Reformation. It was built (1700-1704), on the site now
occupied by the Burton Group, to the design of mason-architect John Moffat, a
Lowland Scot. From 1880 to 1922, when it was demolished, it was the
pro-cathedral. CLARENCE STREET 3 Named after the Duke of Clarence, later William
IV. He visited Liverpool in 1790 when Clarence Street was laid. The Duke was
very popular in Liverpool because he spoke in the House of Lords in favour of
the slave trade. In 1799, in recognition of his services, the Freedom of the
Borough was conferred on him. CLAYTON SQUARE 1 Sarah Clayton, who laid out the
square and neighbouring streets between 1745 and 1750, was the daughter of
William Clayton, MP. CLEVELAND SQUARE 1 The name commemorates John Cleveland,
Mayor in 1703 and Member of Parliament for the Borough (1710-1713). CLEVELY ROAD
18 The name derives from the mansion called Clevely built by Joseph Leather, a
cotton merchant, to the design of Sir Gilbert Scott. It was demolished in 1965.
CLINT ROAD 7 Named after Councillor Francis Anderson Clint, who was a former
Chairman of the Watch Committee. COAL STREET 1 There was once a market for
Prescot coal on the corner of Pudsey Street and a weighing machine in connection
with it was established in Coal Street. COCKSPUR STREET 3 The name is a reminder
that there was once a cockpit in the street. On its site was built a Dissenter's
chapel. COLLEGE STREETS NORTH, SOUTH & EAST 6 They are all streets adjacent to
the Liverpool Collegiate Street. COLQUITT STREET 1 John Colquitt was Collector
of Customs and lived in Hanover Street. His land extended to the present Berry
Street. COMBERMERE STREET 8 Named after Lieutenant-General (later Field Marshal)
Stapledon Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, upon whom the Council conferred the
Freedom of the Borough in 1821. COMMUTATION ROW 1 So named about the time the
Commutation Act was passed to prevent the evasion of window tax by making
windows unusually large. CONCERT STREET 2 In 1840 a concert hall was built on
the corner of the street to replace another destroyed by fire. It is now a
bookshop. COOPER AVENUE NORTH 18 & COOPER AVENUE SOUTH 19 Named after Alderman
Joseph Cooper, an ironmonger, of Oak House, Aigburth Hall Avenue. COPPERAS HILL
3 It got its name from a Copperas Works on the hill which became the subject of
controversy because of the foul smells it emitted. It was owned by Richard
Hughes, Mayor in 1756, who was prosecuted by the Council and ordered to move the
workselsewhere. CORNWALLIS STREET 1 Named after Charles, lst Marquis Cornwallis
(1738-1805), Governor General of India (1786-1793) and Governor of Ireland. He
negotiated the Peace of Amiens in 1802 and was appointed Governor of India in
1804. COURT HEY ROAD 16 The name derives from a mansion called Court Hey, once
the home of a branch of the Gladstone family. CRESSWELL ST'REET 6 Mr Justice
Cresswell represented Liverpool in Parliament from 1837 to 1842. CROMPTONS LANE
18 It takes its name from Dr Peter Crompton who owned Eton Lodge (now Bishop
Eton). CROPPER STREET 1 Named after James Cropper, a Quaker and philanthropist.
He bought the Dingle Bank Estate on which he built three houses for occupation
by himself and his two sons. He was a merchant and a ship owner but his ships
only carried dummy guns. He was a staunch supporter of the campaign to abolish
slavery. CROSSHALL STREET 1 Crosse Hall was the Liverpool home of the Crosse
family. It stood on the site now occupied by the Municipal Buildings. CROXTETH
ROAD 8 A reminder that the land on which Princes Park and Sefton Park were laid
out was bought from the Earl of Sefton, whose home was Croxteth Hall. CUMBERLAND
STREET 1 During the 1745 Scottish rebellion, Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the
`Butcher of Culloden', was supported by a Liverpool regiment which did duty in
the defence of Carlisle. CUNLIFFE STREET 2 Named after Foster Cunliffe, an
enterprising and successful merchant and slave trader who was Mayor in 1716,
1729 and 1735. Inscribed on his monument in St Peter's Church were the words: `a
merchant whose sagacity, honesty and diligence procurred wealth and credit to
himself and his country; a magistrate who administered justice with discernment,
candour and impartiality, a Christian devout and exemplary.' CUSTOMHOUSE LANE 1
This narrow lane led to Liverpool's third Custom House on the quayside of the
Old Dock. DALE STREET 2 So called because it led to the dale through which
flowed the stream from Moss Lake to the Pool of Liverpool. It was one of the
original seven streets. DAMWOOD ROAD 24 Named after one of the woods on the
Speke Estate which for centuries provided the oak from which so many of the
Royal Navy's ships were built in Liverpool shipyards. DAWSON STREET 1 Named
after Pudsey Dawson, Mayor in 1799. He lived in 35 Rodney Street and was
especially concerned with the welfare of the blind. DAULBY STREET 3 Daniel
Daulby of Rydal Mount, Westmoreland, owned the land through which the street was
cut. He married Margaret, William Roscoe's only sister, and they took up
residence in the street they named Daulby street. DEANE STREET 1 So called after
Richard Deane who lived in Ranelagh Street but owned a ropery on the site on
which the street was laid. It has shortened considerably in recent years.
DENISON STREET 3 William Denison was the part-owner of the privateer
`Enterprise' and he shared in the £7000 profit from the first three voyages.
DEVONSHIRE ROAD 8 The name serves as a reminder of the association of the Duke
of Devonshire with the creation of Princes Park (see Cavendish Gardens).
DEYSBROOK LANE 12 The Deys Brook was a very ancient stream running through West
Derby. DERBY SQUARE 2 Named after Lord Derby who obtained a small grant to
enable a small square to be formed for a market on the site of Liverpool Castle.
DINGLE VALE 8 Derives from the dingle or valley through which a stream ran from
High Park, along what is now Park Road to the Mersey. William Roscoe wrote a
poem about it when it eventually dried up. DORANS LANE 2 Felix Doran was an
Irish merchant who lived in Lord Street. He was part-owner of the slave ship
`Bloom' and he shared in the profit of £28123 from the sale of 307 slaves on one
voyage alone. DOVECOTE AVENUE and DOVECOTE PLACE 14 Dovecote was a mansion built
in 1829 by John Torbock. DRUIDS CROSS GARDENS and DRUIDS CROSS ROAD 18 The name
Druids Cross was given to a house built by Joseph Hornby, a merchant. DRURY LANE
2 Originally Entwhistle Street. It was in this street that Thomas Steers built a
theatre. DUBLIN STREET 3 So called after the City of Dublin Steam Packet whose
berth was close by. DUKE STREET 1 Originally `the road to the quary'. Named in
compliment to the Duke of Cumberland. Its original name referred to the quarry
which became St James' Cemetery and is now called Cathedral Gardens. DUNBABIN
ROAD 15 Named after John Dunbabin, who was a local farmer. DUNCAN STREET 1
Originally Hotham Street. Named after Admiral Adam, Viscount Duncan (1731-1804),
best remembered for his victory over the Dutch Admiral de Winter off Camperdown.
He was conferred with the Freedom of the Borough as a token of the Council's
respect. DUNDONALD STREET 17 Thomas Cochrane, l0th Earl of Dundonald, served
with distinction in the South African War. DUNGEON LANE 24 It leads to Dungeon
Point, Hale, where there was once a salt works owned by the Ashton family.
DURNING ROAD 7 Originally Rake Lane. It was called after William Durning, an
owner of a considerable amount of land in the area, who built himself a house in
the road. EARLE ROAD 7 It was laid through the Spekelands Estate of the Earle
family. EBERLE STREET 2 Philip Eberle owned two hotels in Dale Street and he
acted as caterer for the Town Hall for sixteeen years. When he retired, William
Street was renamed Eberle Street in compliment to him. EDGE LANE 7 & 13 It is an
ancient highway so called for its position along the edge of the township of
West Derby, parallel with the dividing line between West Derby and Wavertree.
EDMUND STREET 3 Originally Mill House Lane. It was laid out on land belonging to
Sir Cleave Moore. When he married, it was named in honour of his bride, Ann
Edmund. EGERTON STREET 15 Commemorates Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater (of
canal fame). ELDON STREET 3 Named after Lord Chancellor John Scott, lst Earl of
Eldon, who held office from 1801 to 1827. ELLIOT STREET 1 Commemorates Sir
George Augustus Elliot, who defended Gibraltar from June, 1799 to 1783. ERSKINE
STREET 6 Named after Thomas Erskine, a lawyer, who sat in Parliament as a Whig
and, in 1806, was made Lord Chancellor. EXCHANGE FLAGS 2 This was the name given
to the area adjacent to the Town Hall on which, until commodity exchanges were
built, merchants gathered to transact their business. EXCHANGE STREET EAST 2
Formerly Juggler Street and High Street. The Exchange was the present Town Hall.
FAIRFIELD STREET 7 The name derives from Fairfield Hall (nicknamed Tea Caddy
Hall) built by Thomas Tarleton. FALKNER SQUARE 8 Laid out by Edward Falkner, who
intended to name it Wellington Square but it was nicknamed `Falkner's Folly'
because it was too far out of town! FALKNER STREET 8 Formerly Crabtree Lane.
Named after Edward Falkner who, in 1797, enrolled 1000 men in an hour for the
defence of Liverpool when a French invasion was threatened. FARNWORTH STREET 3
Named after John Farnworth, Mayor in 1865. FAZAKERLEYSTREET 2 Originally
Rosemary Lane. The Fazakerley's of Walton were owners of land through which the
street was laid. FENWICK STREET 2 Named after Edward Moore's inlaws. His wife
was the daughter of William Fenwick of Meldon Hall, Northumberland. The street
was sometimes referred to as Phoenix Street or Phenwych Street. FINCH LANE l4
Formerly Mockbeggar Lane. The name derives from Finch House, which was built in
1776 by Richard Gildart, who represented Liverpool in Parliament from 1734 to
1754 and was three times Mayor. Mackbeggar Hall was a name usually applied to a
grand, ostentatious house where no hospitality was afforded nor any charity
given. FITZCLARENCE STREET 6 Formerly Clarence Street. As Liverpool absorbed
neighbouring townships, street names were often duplicated. As a result, names,
usually in the district taken over, were sometimes changed. In this way,
Clarence Street, Everton, became Fitzclarence Street, the name given to the Duke
of Clarence's children by Mrs Jordan. FONTENOY STREET 3 Although the street was
not laid until 1790, its name was intended to commemorate the Battle of Fontenoy
(1745). It is the only street in Liverpool commemorating a British defeat. FOX
STREET 2 Named after Charles Fox (1749-1806), a Whig politician who was Foreign
Secretary in the `Ministry of all Talents'. FREDERICK STREET 1 Named after
Frederick Louis, Duke of Edinburgh, the father of George III. GAMBIER TERRACE 1
Named after James, Admiral Gambier (1756-1833). He distinguished himself on the
`Glorious First of June' ( 1794) and he was commander of the British fleet at
Copenhagen (1807), after which encounter he was elevated to the peerage.
GARDNERS DRIVE 6 Richard Cardwell Gardner was Mayor in 1862. GEORGE STREET 3
Named after Prince George of Denmark (1653-1708), the consort of Queen Anne.
GIBRALTAR ROW 3 Commemorates the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-1783). GILDART STREET
3 Richard Gildart, Mayor in 173 1 and 1736, owned land through which the street
was cut. He was one of Liverpool's Members of Parliament (1734-1754). GILLMOSS
LANE 11 This name is another reminder of the many mosses and bogs which isolated
Liverpool for centuries. GORE STREET 8 Commemorates John Gore, bookseller and
stationer, who was the publisher of Liverpool's first directory and of the
newspaper, Gore's Liverpool Advertiser. GOREE 2 Goree was a bare basalt rock off
Cape Verde where slaves were gathered together for shipment to the plantations.
GOWER STREET 3 Named after Sir John Gower, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
when the castle site was secured for the town. It is one of only two named
streets on the dock estate. GRAFTON STREET 8 Called after the Duke of Grafton,
Whig Prime Minister (1766-1770). GRAYSON STREET 1 Named after Edward Grayson, a
shipwright, who was killed in one of the last duels to be fought in Liverpool
(1804). GRASSENDALE PARK 19 The name derives from the ancient place name of
Gresyndale or Grese Londale, meaning long, grassy valley. GREAT CHARLOTTE STREET
1 Charlotte was the name of King George III's consort. GREAT GEORGE SQUARE 1 A
statue of George III was to have been erected in the square and the foundation
stone was laid on his golden jubilee. The response to the mayor's appeal for
funds to complete the project was tardy and years passed before the sculptor
could be paid. Eventually, the statue was raised in London Road at its junction
with Pembroke Place, now called Monument Place. GREATHOWARDSTREET 3 & 5 It
perpetuates the name of the great reformer and philanthropist, John Howard. He
took a great interest in the planning of the Borough Gaol, ,which was built in
this street in 1786. GREAT NEWTON STREET 3 Named after John Newton, once the
master of a ship engaged in the slave trade who became a Church of England
clergyman. In cooperation with the poet William Cowper, he wrote the Olney
hymns, of which the best known is `Amazing Grace'. GREENBANK LANE 17 In 1787,
William Rathbone IV bought Green Bank, a farm in Toxteth, for a summer residence
and the lane took its name from the farm. GREENHILL ROAD I 8 The name derives
from a mansion called Greenhill built for Sir Henry Tate to the design of Norman
Shaw. GREENLAND STREET 1 Liverpool's whaling industry was based nearby.
GREENWOOD ROAD 18 A name inspired by the so-called Archers' Stone in nearby
Booker Avenue. GRENVILLE STREET SOUTH 1 Originally Leveson Street. Named after
Lord Grenville (1759-1834), Foreign Secretary under Pitt after whose death he
succeeded as Prime Minister. It was Grenville who, in 1807, introduced the Bill
for the abolition of the slave trade. The name of the street was changed because
of its notoriety after the murder there of the wife of a ship's captain, his two
children and a maid in 1849. GREYHOUND FARM ROAD 19 Named after one of the many
farms on the Speke Estate. HACKINS HEY 2 Called after a tenant of Sir Edward
Moore, John Hacking, through whose croft the narrow street was laid. A hey is
land enclosed by hedges. HALL LANE 7 Formerly Mount Vernon. The name refers to
Mount Vernon Hall which became a school and, it is said, was attended by
Gladstone for a while. HANOVER STREET 1 Originally King Street. It was called
after the reigning family. HARDMAN STREET 1 Named after Mrs Hardman, the widow
of John Hardman of Allerton, who owned land through which the street was laid.
HARDY STREET 1 Named after Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839), Nelson's Flag
Captain who was with him at Trafalgar when Nelson was killed by a sniper's
bullet. HARRINGTON STREET 2 Originally Castle Hey. The Harringtons of Aigburth
owned the land. HARTHILL AVENUE 18 Harthill House was built about 1829. In 1848,
it was bought by John Bibby, an iron and copper merchant, whose wife was a
daughter of Jesse Hartley, the celebrated Dock Engineer. HATFIELD STREET 7 The
street was laid out on land belonging to the Marquis of Salisbury, whose
ancestral home is Hatfield. HATTON GARDEN 2 Called after Hatton, near
Warrington, the native village of the Johnson brothers who owned the land. HAWKE
STREET 3 Named after Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705-1781 ). His
most spectacular exploit was the destruction of the French fleet at Quiberon
Bay, which brought to an end plans for the invasion of England. According to
Smollett, he was `the Father of the English Navy.' HEATH ROAD 19 It was laid out
on what was once Garston Heath. HEYWORTH STREET 3 Originally Church Street.
James Heyworth owned considerable land in the neighbourhood and built a villa in
the street named after him. HIGH PARK STREET, PARKHILL ROAD and SOUTH HILL ROAD
8 High Park was the highest point in Toxteth Park and, in the l8th century,
because of its salubrity, became a popular summer resort for Liverpool folk. The
area was often referred to as `the Richmond of the Mersey'. Parkhill and South
Hill are names relating to High Park. HIGHFIELD ROAD 13 The name derives from
Highfield House, Old Swan. Built in 1763, it became the home of the Dower
Duchess of Athol in 1775. She sold the house and estate to her son, the Duke of
Athol. HILLFOOT ROAD 25 Presumably so named in allusion to Camp Hill. HOCKENHALL
ALLEY 2 Originally Molyneux Weint. The Hockenhalls were a Cheshire family
related to the Moores and Sir Edward Moore refers to the house in Dale Street he
bought from his cousin, Henry Hockenhall of Tranmere. HODSON PLACE 6 The Hodsons
were an Everton family who owned much of the land hereabout. HOLMFIELD ROAD 19
The name derives from a mansion called Holmfield, once the residence of Sir
Thomas Bland Royden and the birthplace of his distinguished daughter Maud
Royden, preacher and social worker. HOLT LANE 25 It led to Holt Hall Farm, which
belonged to the Brettargh family. HOLT ROAD 7 When Durning Road was continued
through Mr Durning's land, he named it Holt Road after his son-inlaw, George
Holt. HOPE STREET 1 William Hope, a merchant, built the first house in the
street on the corner of Hardman Street. The site is now occupied by the
Philharmonic Hotel. HORROCKS AVENUE 19 Named to commemorate the 300th
anniversary of the observation of the transit of Venus over the disc of the sun
by Jeremiah Horrocks, `the founder of English astronomy' (Newton). Horrocks was
born in the Lower Lodge of Toxteth Park, at Otterspool, c.1619. HOOD STREET 1
Named after Rear Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood (1724-1816), who was made an Honorary
Freeman of Liverpool `in testimony of the high respect this Corporation has for
him on account of the very eminent and signal services rendered by him to this
country in the late war'. HOTHAM STREET 3 Named after Admiral William Hotham,
lst Baron Hotham (17361813), who was in action with Rodney, Howe and Hood.
HUNTER STREET 3 Named after Rowland Hunter, a retired tradesman and tax
collector from Cable Street, who built a house on the corner of Byrom Street.
HURST STREET 1 Called after Thomas Hurst, a shipwright, who was granted a lease
of part of The Strand in 1710. HUSKISSON STREET 1 Commemorates William
Huskisson, MP who was killed at the official opening of the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway in 1830. JAMES STREET 1 Originally Saint James Street. A
shipwright named Roger James lived in a house on Moor Street and it is thought
by some historians that it was from him that the street derived its name.
However, there is no evidence to support this (James died in 1694). After St
James Church, Toxteth was built in 1774, the south end of Park Lane was called
St James Street and the original St James Street became James Street. JERICHO
LANE and JERICHO FARM CLOSE 17 Their name derives from Jericho Farm, one of
those created by the Puritans who settled in Toxteth Park in the l7th century.
JOHNSON STREET 3 The Johnson brothers, bricklayers and builders, owned the land
through which Hatton Gardens and Johnson Street were laid. JUBILEE DRIVE 7 It
was laid out during the Jubilee of George III. JUDGES DRIVE 6 It leads to the
Judges Lodging in Newsham Park. KENT STREET 1 Named after Richard Kent, a
merchant and ship-owner, who, in 1768, built himself a handsome house on the
corner of Kent Street and Duke Street. KILSHAW STREET 6 Laid out by Councillor
Kilshaw about 1845. KING EDWARD STREET 3 It dates from 1903 and was named in
compliment to Edward VII. KINGSWAY 2 The name given to the second Mersey tunnel
by Elizabeth II when she declared it open on June 24th, 1971. KNIGHT STREET 1
Laid out by brothers John and James Knight about 1785. LANCE LANE I5 Named after
Thomas Lance (1769-1829), an insurance broker and merchant, who was a member of
the Wavertree Local Board. Portraits of him, his wife and three children are in
Sudley Art Gallery. LARKHILL LANE 13 The name derives from a mansion called
Larkhill built, in 1760, by Jonathon Blundell of the Ince family of that name.
It had a cockpit. LATHBURY LANE 17 John Lathbury was the Earl of Sefton's agent
and he lived in Toxteth Farm to where the lane led. LAWRENCE ROAD 15 It
perpetuates the memory of Charles Lawrence, a West India merchant, who was Mayor
in 1823 and Chairman of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at its inaugration.
LEATHER LANE 2 The name derives from the Leather Hall, a market for leather,
which stood there until 1833, when it was moved to Gill Street. LEE HALL PARK 25
Lee Hall was built in 1773 for the Okill family. LEECE STREET 1 William Leece, a
merchant after whom the street is named, lived in Water Street. LEEDS STREET 3
Originally Maiden's Green. It was the terminus of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
LEIGH STREET 1 Elizabeth Leigh was the maiden name of Sarah Clayton's mother.
LIME STREET 1 Originally Limekiln Lane. Where the railway station now stands,
there were limekilns in the l8th century. They were dismantled after complaints
by the doctors of the Infirmary across the street about the injurious effect of
the fumes emitted on their patients. LISTER DRIVE 13 It was originated by Thomas
Lister, a retired cotton broker, who became Chairman of the West Derby Local
Board. LIVINGSTON DRIVE NORTH and SOUTH 17 In order to get a good approach to
Sefton Park, the Corporation bought twelve acres of land from Joseph Livingston
for £12000. LODGE LANE 8 1t led to the Higher Lodge of Toxteth Park. LORD STREET
2 Originally Molyneux Lane or Lord Molyneux Street. Molyneux had a house on the
north side of Lord Street. After it was demolished, a commercial building called
Commerce Court was built on the site and it bore the Molyneux arms carved in
stone. The building was destroyed during the last war and the carved arms were
lost. LORD NELSON STREET 3 Named after Admiral Horatio Nelson (17S8-1805),
England's greatest naval hero. He was a great favourite with Liverpudlians
because, in addition to his professional success, he supported the slave trade.
In 1798, he was conferred with the Freedom of the Borough. In acknowledging the
honour, he wrote from the `Victory': `I was taught to appreciate the value of
our West India possessions, nor shall their interests be infringed while I have
an arm to fight in their defence.' LOW HILL 6 Low means hill as in Brownlow and
Spellow. LUGARD ROAD 17 Lord Lugard was Nigeria's famous Governor and
Commander-in-Chief. LYDIA ANNE STREET 1 Called after the wife of George Perry,
manager of the Phoenix Foundry to which the street led. LYNDHURST ROAD 18 John
Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), was three time Lord Chancellor.
McGREGOR STREET 5 Alexander McGregor was a merchant who was subsequently manager
of the Bank of England branch in Manchester. He owned a house in the street.
MADDOCKS STREET 13 It is believed to be the only street in the city named after
a Roman Catholic priest. MAJOR STREET 5 Canon Major Lester, Vicar of Kirkdale,
founded the Major Street Ragged School. MANCHESTER STREET 1 Before it opened, in
1821, coaches for London, Warrington and Manchester left Liverpool via London
Road but they to proceed along Dale Street and the steep hill called Shaw's Brow
(now William Brown Street). The creation of Manchester Street enabled them to
reach London Road via a widened St John's Lane, which presented a much easier
gradient. MANESTY'S LANE 1 Joseph Manesty was a merchant and ship-owner who
lived on the corner of the street and whose garden was famous for its lavender.
MANN ISLAND 3 Originally Mersey Island. It was an artificial island between
George's Dock and Canning Dock on three sides and the Mersey on the west. It
lost its water on the north and east sides with the conversion of George's Dock
into the building site for the Pier Head buildings. It gets its name from John
Mann, an oil-stone dealer, who died there in 1784. MARINERS PARADE 1 It led to
the Old Dock and was an approach regularly used by seamen. MARYBONE 3 A name
given at the request of some Catholic inhabitants of the neighbourhood. MARYLAND
STREET 1 Named in compliment to his trade by Mr Hunter, a Virginia tobacco
merchant, who lived in Mount Pleasant and whose gardens extended to the street.
MASON STREET 7 Edward Mason, a timber merchant, built a house near the north end
of the street about 1800. His gardens and grounds extended the whole length of
Paddington as far as Smithdown Lane. He built St Mary's, Edge Lane, at his own
expense. MATHER AVENUE 18 & 19 Commemorates Arthur Stanley Mather, a solicitor,
who was Mayor in 1915-16. MENLOVE AVENUE 18 & 25 Called after Alderman Thomas
Menlove (1840-1913), a draper and Chairman of the Health Committee. MERE LANE 5
Domingo Mere extended from Mere Lane to Beacon Lane, Everton. In winter, it was
very popular with skaters and members of the local curling club. lt was known
locally as St Domingo Pit. MELWOOD DRIVE 12 A hybrid name given to the playing
field of St Francis Xavier School, made up from the first syllables of the names
of the two priests who founded it, Melling and Woodlock. MILE END 5 So called
because it is exactly one mile from the Exchange, now the Town Hall. MILL STREET
8 Formerly Bedford Street. The name derives from a windmill, which stood on the
spot that is now the junction of Hill Street and Mill Street. It was one of many
in the area, which became known as `Little Holland'. MONUMENT PLACE 3 The site
of an equestrian statue of George III (see Great George Square). MOOR STREET 2
It was laid out by Sir Edward Moore about 1665. Originally, it ran from Castle
Street down to the shore. MOORFIELDS 2 Originally Moor Croft. It was the site of
a portion of the Moore family estate, first mentioned in 1697. MOSS STREET 6
Thomas Moss of Whiston, father of John Moss of Otterspool, bought land on the
road to Low Hill through which the street was laid. MOUNT STREET 1 It led to a
pleasure garden called Mount Zion, or St James Mount. It was on this site that
the Anglican Cathedral was built. MOUNT VERNON STREET 7 It led to Vernon's Hall
and it was so named about 1804. MUIRHEAD AVENUE 13 Commemorates William
Muirhead, Chairman oE the Health Committee. NETHERFIELD ROAD NORTH and SOUTH 5
The name derives from an ancient field name meaning `the higher or upper field'.
NEW BIRD STREET 1 Named after Alderman Joseph Bird. a slave trader, who was
Mayor in 1746. A street between James Street and Redcross Street had been named
in his honour but it was abolished in the l8th century and New Bird Street was
named in replacement. NEW QUAY 3 New Quay was a river wall suggested by Sir
Edward Moore to arrest erosion. NEWLANDS STREET 6 Named after James Newland
(1813-1871), Liverpool's first Borough Engineer. NEWSHAM DRIVE 6 The name
derives from the Newsham House Estate bought by the Corporation in order to
create a public park. NORRIS GREEN ROAD 12 The name derives from `Norris Green'
a mansion, erected by the West Derby branch of the Norris family. The estate was
purchased by the Corporation in 1924 and the mansion was demolished in 1931.
NORTH STREET 3 Named after Lord North, Tory Prime Minister, 1770 to 1782. NORTH
JOHN STREET 2 Formerly Saint John Street. So called from lands belonging to the
chantry of Saint John in the Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas. NORTH SUDLEY
ROAD 17 The name derives from a mansion called `Sudley' on Mossley Hill. Built
by Nicholas Robinson, a corn merchant and Mayor in 1828, it is now an art
gallery housing a collection of paintings and furniture bequeathed to the city
by Miss Emma Holt. OAK HILL PARK 13 So called from Oak Hill House, built by
Richard Wyatt in 1773. When the Ladies' Walk at the north end of Liverpool was
doomed, Wyatt acquired the oak trees which lined it and had them transplanted in
the grounds of his mansion. OAKLAND ROAD 19 It derives from `Oaklands', the home
of Sir Alfred Lewis Jones (1846-1909), ship-owner and philanthropist and founder
of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. OIL STREET 3 There was once an oil
crushing works in this street owned by a firm called Earles and Carter. OLD
CHURCHYARD 2 The name refers to the churchyard of Liverpool's parish church, Our
Lady and Saint Nicholas. OLD HALL STREET 3 Formerly White Acres Street or
Peppard Street. The mansion house and seat of the Moores was originally called
More Hall. When they moved to Bank Hall, the family referred to More Hall as the
`Old Hal1', and so the street leading to it became known as Old Hall Street. OLD
HAYMARKET 1 A haymarket was held there up to 1841. OLD POST OFFICE PLACE 1 In
1800, the Post Office was moved from Lord Street to Post Office Place. In 1839,
business having increased substantially, it was moved to Revenue Buildings,
better remembered as the Custom House, Canning Place. OLD ROPERY 2 William
Bushell, a tenant of Sir Edward Moore, lived in Castle Street and had a long
garden which he converted into a ropery. This provoked Moore and there was a
long argument between them over the enterprise. OLDHAM STREET 1 It was named
after Captain James Oldham, who built the first house in the street. He was
engaged in the Middle Passage, the Africa to West Indies section of the
triangular route followed by the slave traders. Oldham died at sea in 1825.
ORFORD STREET 1 Named after Orford Hall, Warrington, the seat of John
Blackburne. ORFORD STREET 15 Called after his sister-in-law, Miss Orford, by Dr
Kenyon, who laid out land adjoining his house in High Street, Wavertree. Orford
Street was part of the development. ORMOND STREET 3 James, Duke of Ormond, was a
statesman during the reign of Queen Anne when the street was laid out.
OTTERSPOOL DRIVE 17 The name given to the carriageway between the bottom of
Mersey Road and Jericho Lane when Otterspool Promenade was completed. An attempt
to apply the name to Jericho Lane was frustrated. PARK LANE 1 Originally `the
road to the park'. The park was Toxteth Park. PARK ROAD and PARK STREET 8 These
too derive from Toxteth Park. PARKFIELD ROAD 17 `Parkfield' was the former
residence of Robert Gladstone, Snr. PARLIAMENT STREET 8 Originally Townsend
Lane. So called after the Act of Parliament of 1773 created the new town of
Harrington. It was the boundary between Liverpool and Toxteth Park. PARADISE
STREET 1 Originally Common Shore. Thomas Steers, the engineer who built the
first Liverpool Dock, owned land on Common Shore which he named Paradise Street
after the street of that name in Rotherhithe, London, where he once lived. PARR
STREET 1 Commemorates Thomas Parr, the banker, who built the house in Colquitt
Street which became the Royal Institution. He boasted that he had the handsomest
house, wife and horse in Liverpool. PETER'S LANE 1 Originally Peter Street. The
name derives from St Peter's Church in Church Street. PHYTHIAN STREET 6 So
called after the publican who built houses in the street. PICKOP STREET 3 The
name derives from a firm of brewers (Pickop and Miles) who once had a brewery in
the street. PIER HEAD 3 A stone pier, built in the 1760's known as the North
Pier, jutted out into the river from a site opposite St Nicholas's Church.
PILGRIM STREET 1 Originally Jamieson Street. Named after a privateer called `The
Pilgrim', which brought into Barbados a prize which, along with her cargo, sold
for £190,000. PITT STREET 1 Named after William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of
Chatham and Prime Minister, 1756. PLUMPTON STREET 6 It was laid out by Sam
Plumpton, a landowner and a member of the Town Council from 1842-1845. PORTER
STREET 3 Named after Thomas Colley Porter, Mayor in 1827, who won one of the
most corrupt elections in Liverpool's history. PORTLAND STREET 5 Called after
Henry CavendishBentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), twice Prime Minister
in 1783 and 1807-09. POWNALL SQUARE 3 William Pownall, a merchant and Mayor in
1767, died of a chill caught while quelling a riot on Devil's Acre, near
Salthouse Dock, during his year in office. The square is named after him.
PRESCOT ROAD 7 & 13 In the l7th and early l8th centuries, Liverpool's coal was
brought from Prescot by pack horses and an occasional wagon. In wet weather, the
road became impassable for wheeled vehicles and, due to the increased demand
created by the town's expanding population and industries, the Council obtained
Parliamentary permission to turnpike the road (1726). In 1759, the road from
Prescot to Warrington was turnpiked, thus enabling coaches and wagons from
Liverpool to join the north/south road connecting with London and the main
provincial centres. PRICE STREET 1 The Prices were Lords of the Manor of
Birkenhead and they were connected with the Clevelands who laid out this street.
PRINCE ALFRED ROAD 15 Originally Cow Lane. It was renamed when Prince Alfred,
Duke of Edinburgh, visited Liverpool in 1866 as the guest of S R Graves, MP, at
the Grange, Wavertree. PRINCE WILLIAM STREET 8 Commemorates King William of
Orange. PRINCES BOULEVARD and PRINCES ROAD 8 Opened in 1846 and so called
because they led to Princes Park. PRINCES PARADE 3 It leads from St Nicholas
Place to Princess Dock. It was to have been called Royal Parade. PRUSSIA STREET
3 So called after the allegiance between England and Frederick the Great in the
mid-l8th century. George Stubbs, the painter, lived in a house on the corner of
Prussia Street. PUDSEY STREET 1 Named after Pudsey Dawson, a merchant and
shipowner. Mayor in 1799, he was colonel of a regiment of volunteers raised in
1798. QUEENSWAY 1 The first Mersey Road Tunnel opened and named by George V on
July l8th, 1934. QUAKERS ALLEY 2 A Friends Meeting House was erected in Hackins
Hey, in 1706, and attached to it was a burial ground. The Quakers left for
Hunter Street about 1796, after when the premises became a school. QUEEN STREET
3 It was started during the reign of Queen Anne. It was once the centre of
Liverpool's Welsh community. RAINFORD GARDENS and RAINFORD SQUARE 2 Peter
Rainford, Mayor in 1740, bought a piece of land on the bank of the Pool of
Liverpool and he laid it out as a market garden. RAMSBROOK ROAD and RAMSBROOKE
CLOSE 24 They were named after one of the many streams which threaded their way
through the Speke Estate to the Mersey. RANELAGH DRIVE 19 It was laid out on
what had been Lewis's staff sports ground. RANELAGH STREET 1 and RANELAGH PLACE
3 The Ranelagh 'Tea Gardens stood on the site now occupied by the Adelphi Hotel.
T'he name derives from the elite l8th century Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea,
London. RATHBONE STREET 1 So called after the Rathbone family who owned the
land. RENSHAW STREET 1 The brothers John and Edward Renshaw owned a ropery on
the site of which the street was laid, hence its straightness. RICHMOND STREET 9
Named after Dr Sylvester Richmond, a celebrated physician, philanthropist and
Mayor in 1672. RIGBY STREET 3 Gilbert Rigby, a merchant, lived on the corner of
Old Hall Street when Rigby Street was laid out. ROCK STREET 13 Recalls a quarry
which provided much of the stone used in the construction of Liverpool's docks
and buildings. RODNEY STREET 1 Named after Admiral George Brydges, 1st Baron
Rodney (1718-1792) after his victory over the French, under Count de Grasse, off
St Lucia in the West lndies (1782). He was rewarded with a peerage and a pension
of £2000 a year. ROE STREET I William Roe, a merchant, lived in Queen Square in
a house which became the Stork Hotel. ROSCOE STREET 1 William Roscoe,
Liverpool's `greatest son', was born in the Bowling Green Inn at the top of
Mount Pleasant but some confusion has arisen because there was another Bowling
Green Inn lower down Mount Pleasant, opposite Roscoe Street, which Roscoe's
father owned later. ROYAL MAIL STREET 3 Formerly Warren Street. The change of
name occurred when the new Post Office Building in Copperas Hill was opened in
1977. RUMFORD STREET 2 A soup kitchen established to Count Rumford's plan once
stood on adjacent land. RUPERT HILL 6 and RUPERT LANE 5 Prince Rupert, the
favourite son of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, and a nephew of Charles I, was a
general in the Royalist army during the Civil War. He took Liverpool, in 1644,
and made his headquarters in a cottage on Everton Brow. RUSSELL STREET 3 Admiral
Edward Russell, Earl of Oxford (1653-1727) is remembered as the commander of the
combined British and Dutch fleets which utterly defeated the French at the
Battle of La Hogue in 1692. ST ANNE STREET 3 The name derives from St Anne's
Church, built in 1772. In the l8th and early l9th century, it was the most
fashionable residential street in Liverpool. ST DOMINGO ROAD and ST DOMINGO VALE
5 Named after an estate owned by George Campbell, a West India merchant, who
owned a privateer which captured a prize called St Domingo. ST JAMES STREET l
The name derives from St James Church, Toxteth. Thereafter, the upper part of
Park Lane was called St James Street. ST JOHN'S LANE 1 Formerly Fall Well Lane.
The name derives from St John's Church, which stood in what is now called St
John's Gardens, at the back of St George's Hall. Its former name comes from the
Fall Well, in Lime Street, for long the town's principal spurce of water. ST
PAUL'S SQUARE 3 St Paul's Church was built in 1769 on what was then known as
`the Dogfield'. The square and neighbourhood came to be called `the Belgravia of
Liverpool'. ST VINCENT STREET 3 It was named after Admiral John Jervis, 1st Earl
St Vincent (1735- 1823). He was elevated to the peerage after his great victory
over the French fleet off Cape St Vincent, in 1797. He was presented with an
address of thanks by the Council. SANDON STREET 8 Lord Sandon, afterwards the
Earl of Harrowby, was a Member of Parliament for Liverpool from 1835 to 1842.
SANKEY STREET 1 The name suggests an allusion to the Sankey Canal, of which
Henry Berry who lived in a house on the corner of Duke Street and Berry Street)
was the engineer. SCHOOL LANE 1 Originally Ware Street. The name School Lane was
applied when the grammar school founded by John Crosse took over the premises
first built for the Blue Coat Charity School. SCORE LANE 16 It is one of the
oldest roads in Liverpool's suburbs. Score means `to pasture'. SCOTLAND ROAD 3
One of Liverpool's turnpike roads, it led to Preston via Walton, Burscough and
Maghull. Stage coaches from Liverpool followed this route through Lancaster and
Kendal to Scotland. SEEL STREET l Thomas Seel, a merchant and property owner,
had a house in Hanover Street with extensive gardens through which the street
was laid. SHAW STREET 6 lt was laid out by John Shaw, a Liverpool Councillor,
whose father had inherited through marriage the extensive Everton estate of the
Halsall family. It was a prestigious residential street in which the first house
was built in 1829. SHEIL ROAD 6 Named after Alderman Richard Sheil, a merchant,
who in his day was the only Catholic Irishmman on the Town Council. The adjacent
park is also called after him. SIR THOMAS STREET 1 Originally Sir Thomas's
Buildings. It commemorates Sir Thomas Johnson, Mayor in 1715. He represented
Liverpool in ten Parliaments. He died in penury in London, in 1728. SLATER
STREET 1 Named after Gill Slater, who was the first captain of the Liverpool
Volunteers raised, in 1766, when a French invasion was threatened. SLEEPERS HILL
4 Parts of the common land in the neighbourhood were called Great and Little
Sleeper. They were first enclosed by a shoemaker and called Cobbler's Close.
SMITHDOWN LANE 7 and SMITHDOWN ROAD These two highways are amongst the oldest in
Liverpool. They led to Esmedune, a manor mentioned in the Doomsday Book.
Smithdown derives from Esmedune and means `smooth slope'. SOUTH JOHN STREET 1
Formerly Trafford's Weint. So called after Henry Trafford, Mayor in 1740.
SPARLING STREET 1 John Sparling, Mayor in 1790, projected Queens Dock, which he
proposed to construct at his own expense but then sold to the Corporation for
the same purpose. SPARROW HALL LANE 9 A black and white cottage in the valley,
known anciently as `the Moss', was called Sparrow Hall. SPEKE HALL ROAD 25 It
takes its name from Speke Hall, the home of the Norris family. SPEKELAND ROAD 7
The name derives from `Spekelands', a mansion built by Thomas Earle, Mayor in
1787. SPELLOW LANE 4 `Spellow' means `Speech Hill' or mount, usually the centre
of an administrative area called a hundred. The site on which Spellow Mill stood
may have been the original Spellow, for when the mill burnt down in 1828, it was
thought to have been five hundred years old. SPENCER STREET 6 Spencer James
Steers, a grandson of Thomas Steers, the Dock Engineer, owned land in Everton
through which two streets were laid, one of which was Spencer Street. SPOFFORTH
ROAD 7 So called after Frederick Robert Spofforth, an Australian cricketer vf
the 1870's nicknamed the `Demon bowler'. SPRINGWOOD AVENUE 25 The name derives
from Springwood House, built by William Shand, an owner of plantations in the
West Indies, who called it after his Antigua home. The drawing room and library
were said to have been copies of rooms in Windsor castle. STANHOPE STREET 8
Stanhope was the family name of the Earls of Harrington. The lst Earl of Sefton
married Isabella Stanhope, the daughter of the Earl of Harrington. STANLEY ROAD
2 & 5 It was laid out by Lord Derby about 1862. STANLEY STREET 1 Originally New
Street. It was laid out in 1740 through land bought by the Derby family from the
Moores of Bankhall. STEBLE STREET 8 Called after Colonel R F Steble, Mayor in
1874/75 who, in 1879, presented to the town the fountain at the top of William
Brown Street. STOCKTON WOOD ROAD 19 Named after one of the many woods on the
Speke Estate. STOWELL STREET 7 Named after Rev Hugh Stowell Brown, minister of
the Myrtle Street Baptist Church which stood on the corner of Myrtle Street and
Hope Street. STRAND STREET 1 and THE STRAND 2 Originally the shore between high
and low water. In the 1850's, the block of buildings in Strand Street between
Redcross Street and Crooked Lane had so many sailmakers that it came to be
called `the Sailmaker's Home'. SWEETING STREET 2 Originally Elbow Lane. Named
after Alderman Sweeting, Mayor in 1698. TABLEY STREET 1 So called by William
Pownall, Mayor in 1767, through whose land the street was laid out. He came from
Tabley in Cheshire. TAGGART AVENUE 16 Alderman Gregory Taggart was an Irishman
who, at one time, was a collector for the Royal Liver Friendly Society. He was
nominated for election to the Council by the Nationalist Society. TEMPEST HEY 2
The Plumbes of Plumbe Hall, Wavertree, who had acquired a good deal of land from
the Moores, succeeded by marriage to the estate of Sir George Tempest of Tong
Hall, Yorkshire. They took the name Plumbe Tempest, hence Tempest Hey. TEMPLE
COURT, TEMPLE LANE and TEMPLE STREET 2 The name Temple derives from an office
complex built by Sir William Brown, to the design of Sir James Picton, called
`The Temple'. TEWIT HALL ROAD 24 Derived from the name of a farm on the Speke
Estate. On early maps, it appears as Pewit Hall Farm. THE VINERIES 25 It got its
name from a house and estate once the residence of Thomas Charles Clarke.
TITHEBARN STREET 1 Originally Moor Street. Lord Molyneux, Lord of the Manor,
built his tithe barn in Moor Street, in 1514. TRAMWAY ROAD 17 Stables and a
carriage shed for the horse trams of the Liverpool ramway Company were built in
this road. TUNNEL ROAD 7 Derives from the railway tunnel from Edge Hill to Lime
Street. UNION STREET 3 Named in honour of the union of England and Scotland in
1717. ULLET ROAD 8 & 17 Originally Owlet Road. UTTING AVENUE 4 and UTTING AVE
EAST 11 Sir John Utting, who was Liverpool's first `club doctor', was Lord Mayor
in 1917/18. VANDRIES STREET 3 A Dutchman named Vandries once occupied an ancient
hostelry which was known by his name. VAUXHALL ROAD 3 & 5 Originally Pin fold
Lane. Vauxhall was the name of a house on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool
Canal past which the road led. The name derives from Vauxhall Gardens in
Lambeth, London, in the l8th century. VICTORIA STREET 1 & 2 Named after Queen
Victoria. It was laid out in the 1860's to provide a new approach to Lime Street
Station and St George's Hall. VIRGINIA STREET 3 Derives from the Virginia
tobacco trade which flourished in Liverpool in the l7th century. WALTON HALL
AVENUE 4 & 11 The mansion, after which the road was called, was bought by John
Atherton, a merchant and slave trader, in 1746. His son and grandson sold it to
another slave trader, Thomas Leyland, in 1804. WARREN STREET 3 Named after
Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren (1753-1822). In 1794, he defeated French
squadrons on two occasions and, in 1798, he intercepted and defeated a French
fleet on its way to Ireland. For this last victory, the Council conferred on him
the Freedom of the Borough. WATER STREET 2 Originally Bank Street or Bonke
Street. It was one of the original seven streets and it was so called because it
led to the shore or riverbank. WATERHOUSE STREET 5 Named after Nicholas
Waterhouse, a merchant, who about 1806, bought a house which William Clarke, the
banker, had built there before 1790. WATERLOO PLACE 1 So called from `The
Waterloo', a public house which also gave its name to the Waterloo Cup for
coursmg. WELLINGTON ROAD 8 Named after the Duke of Wellington after his famous
victory at Waterloo, in 1815. WHITLEY STREET 3 Named in compliment to Edward
Whitley, MP. He was the Ieader of the Tory Party on the Council before his
election to Parliament and his name was a household word in Liverpool. WILLIAM
BROWN STREET 3 Originally Shaw's Brow. Named in compliment to Sir William Brown,
who gave to the town the Museum and Library
