Stoneycroft is small leafy district in the east of
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...
,
England
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and part of the
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft and
Old Swan wards.
Description
Stoneycroft is a small residential district of Liverpool located to the east of the city. Liverpool's inner ring-road,
Queens Drive, runs past Stoneycroft and creates a border between the area and
West Derby
West Derby ( ) is an affluent suburb of Liverpool, England. It is located East of the city and is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,382.
History West Derby
Mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'', Wes ...
. Stoneycroft is also bordered by
Tuebrook
Tuebrook is a North-East area of Liverpool, England. At the 2001 census the population was 14,490.
Toponymy
The origin of the name may be Tew Brook, a tributary of the Alt. The brook itself is now almost entirely piped or culverted, with the l ...
and
Old Swan.
Government
Stoneycroft is part of the
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward. The elected councillors for the Tuebrook and Stoneycroft ward are councillors Carol Sung of the
Labour Party, Steve Radford of the
Liberal Party
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and Kevin John Morrison of the
Liberal Party
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.
It is represented in the
House of Commons
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in the parliamentary constituency of
Liverpool West Derby.
See also
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Church of St Paul
External links
Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 13
Areas of Liverpool
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