Fazakerley is a suburb of north

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. It is part of the

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Description

Fazakerley is in north Liverpool; neighbouring districts include

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Gillmoss Gillmoss is an area in north Liverpool, Merseyside, England, located between Croxteth, Fazakerley and Kirkby. Description Gillmoss is a predominantly industrial area with little residential housing although pockets exist around the East Lancash ...

, Aintree and Kirkby. It includes Fazakerley railway station, Altcourse Prison and Aintree University Hospital.

History

Fazakerley takes its name from

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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". It had an area of and was separated from Walton by a brook, and from

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partly by Sugar Brook up to Stone bridge. Fazakerley was once home to a Royal Ordnance Factories plant ( ROF Fazakerley), which manufactured weapons such as the

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rifle, Stenhttps://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205199830 and Sterling submachine guns both during and after

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In television

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

Notable residents

* Andy Brown, lead singer in

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* Owen Moran, lead singer of Cook da Books *

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* 2002–03

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Jack Spriggs * 2008–09 Lord Mayor of Liverpool Steve Rotheram (former MP for

) * Rickie Lambert *

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, actress *Emma Morris née Hughes * Mike Bulger guitarist/songwriter ( The Christians/Sugarcide/Here's Johnny/Lalabambam) *

Lyn Andrews Lyn Andrews (born 1943) is the pen name used by British novelist Lynda M. Andrews. Her stories centre mainly around Liverpool and Ireland. Early life Andrews was born and raised in the Liverpool suburb of Fazakerley,

, born and raised in Fazakerley

References

External links

Liverpool City Council, Ward Profile: Fazakerley
{{Liverpool Areas of Liverpool Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley