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Street Names



South Liverpool Street Names -

BEAUFORT STREET L8 - Named after the Duke of Beaufort, formerly the Marquis of Worcester.

BELOE STREET L8 - Named as a compliment to Charles Henry Beloe, a civil engineer.

CARYL STREET L8 - The Molyneux family owned most of Toxteth Park and it was after Caryl the 3rd Viscount Moylneux that this street and Lord Street were named.

CAVENDISH GARDENS L8 - It is on the fringe of Princes Park which was laid out by Joseph Paxton the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire.

CROXTETH ROAD L8 - A reminder that the land on which Princes Park and Sefton Park were laid out and was bought from the Earl of Sefton.

DEVONSHIRE ROAD L8 - The name serves as a reminder of the association of the Duke of Devonshire.

DINGLE VALE L8 - Derives from the Dingle or Valley through which a stream ran from High Park Street along what is now Park Road to the Mersey.

FALKNER SQUARE L8 - Laid out by Edward Falkner who intended to name is Wellington Square but it was nicknamed "Falkners Folly" because it was too far out of town.

FALKNER STREET L8 - Formerly Crabtree Lane it was named after Edward Falkner who in 1797 enrolled 1000 men in an hour for the defence of Liverpool when a French invasion was threatened.

GORE STREET L8 - Commemorates John Gore a bookseller and stationer who was the publisher of Liverpool's first directory and of the newspaper Gore's Liverpool Advertiser.

GRAFTON STREET L8 - Called after the Duke of Grafton.

HIGH PARK STREET - PARKHILL ROAD - SOUTH HILL ROAD L8 - High Park was the highest point in Toxteth Park and in the 18th century. The area was often referred to as "the Richmond of the Mersey". Parkhill and South Hill are names relating to High Park.

MILL STREET L8 - 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".

PARK ROAD AND PARK STREET L8 - These names derive from Toxteth Park.

PARLIAMENT STREET L8 - Orginally Townsend Lane, called after the Act of Parliament of 1773. It was the boundary between Liverpool and Toxteth Park.

PRINCE WILLIAM STREET L8 - Commemorates King William of Orange.

PRINCES BOULEVARD, PRINCES ROAD L8 - Opened in 1846 and got the names because they led to Princes Park.

WELLINGTON ROAD L8 - Named after the Duke of Wellington after his famous victory at Waterloo in 1815.

HOLY LAND L8 - Given the nickname because of the Biblical names of the streets, David, Issac, Jacob, Moses.

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