Fazakerley
 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] DescriptionFazakerley is in north Liverpool; neighbouring districts include Croxteth, Gillmoss, Aintree and Kirkby. It includes Fazakerley railway station, Altcourse Prison and Aintree University Hospital. HistoryFazakerley 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 television1983 Yorkshire Television drama One Summer was partially set in Fazakerley. See also
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