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Issue 127 – November 2017
PLACE OF THE OAKS By Stephen Guy
TOXTETH Park was heavily wooded for centuries and part was once fenced off as the exclusive hunting forest of the monarch. The name Aigburth, originally Ackeberth, is thought to mean place of the oaks from the Anglo Saxon ac (oak) combined with a derivative of beran meaning to produce. Fishing was widespread off Aigburth – the river teemed with life. Salmon were so plentiful that in 1697 they supplied not only Liverpool but towns within a 20-mile radius. Cistercian monks held land in Aigburth: in 1291 their possessions were recorded in the ecclesiastical taxation documents of Pope Nicholas IV. Liverpool’s oldest occupied house is Stanlaw Grange, a converted sandstone barn dating from about this time. It was linked to Stanlaw Abbey on the other side of the Mersey. In the 19th century Aigburth developed from a quiet backwater into a prosperous suburb. Aigburth Road, pictured on a 1905 postcard, remains a bustling highway and shopping area. Research reveals some fascinating incidents over the years in and around the road. A young man called Wilfred Walton was fined £2 and costs in 1851 for brutally treating a donkey hired out by an old woman during the day. Police were called after he threw a brick at the animal, tearing out a piece of flesh. In 1876 Aigburth Road was blighted by people racing horse-drawn traps, reported the
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Liverpool Mercury. One was seafarer William Davies who was hauled before magistrates for furiously driving along the road. Prosecutors asked the bench to make an example of Davies and he was fined 10 shillings (50p) and costs – or 14 days in prison. Christmas 1894 was not the season of goodwill when 22-year-old John Smith broke into St Anne’s Church – he stole a clothes brush and cash bag belonging to the churchwardens. Smith, alias William Webb, admitted breaking into six other churches.
When arrested he was wearing boots stolen from another church and the keys to the safe were in his pocket. A woman died in March 1940 after a freak traffic accident. Alice Hughes, 56-year-old wife of a tram driver, was crossing Aigburth Road when her shopping basket caught in the handle of a passing car. Mrs Hughes was swung against the back of the car, causing fatal injuries. n Learn more about the history of Liverpool at the Museum of Liverpool, Pier Head, open 10am to 5pm every day, admission free.
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