Page Moss is an area in the borough of
Knowsley,
Merseyside
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. It borders the city of
Liverpool
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to the east. Previously known as "The Horns" due to the name of two buildings previously sited in the area. The population of the Knowsley ward taken at the
2011 census was 7,076.
The A57/Liverpool Road which passes through Page Moss was historically an early
turnpike
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* A type of gate, another word for a turnstile
* In the United States, a toll road
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, toll houses were installed during the 1700s on what later became well known public houses in the area such as "The Eagle and Child" and "The Bluebell Inn". Markers were placed at mile intervals along the toll road and an original still stands to this day alongside the eastbound side of Liverpool Road opposite the junction with Lyme Cross Road, previously a mile marker would be situated on the corner of Twig Lane but this has been missing since at least the 1930s when the Page Moss estate was constructed for housing.
On 30 June 2008 the neighbourhood was featured on the
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, focusing upon the local youth gang culture, namely the "Moss Edz" and their feuds with adjoining areas, specifically
, whom they refer to as "Dovey Edz". The two areas are less than a mile apart.