AIGBURTH

'Aigburth' (pronounced "ɛɡbəθ") is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by St Michael's Hamlet, Mossley Hill and Grassendale.

Contents

History

Description

Attractions

Education

Transport

Notable residents

References

External links

History

Aigburth means "place of the oaks" in Anglo-Saxon and is probably due to the presence of a sacred oak grove in the area.
The area was previously part of the West Allerton parliamentary district and, as such returned (now Lord) David Alton for many years. It is now part of the Liverpool Riverside constituency and returned Louise Ellman as MP in the 2005 general election.

Description

Aigburth is mainly residential and covers an area following Aigburth Road, (A561) and the areas either side of it. The suburb is to the south of Sefton Park and adjoins Otterspool Park, which leads to Otterspool Promenade on the Mersey. Housing in the district is mostly a mixture of detached and semi-detached 1930s houses. It is one of Liverpool's more prosperous and green areas.
Liverpool Cricket Club, although located just outside the new district boundary, is one of Lancashire County Cricket Club's regular home venues.
Often St Michael's Hamlet, officially a separate area, is considered part of Aigburth.

Attractions

★ Sudley House

★ Church of St Anne, Aigburth

★ Stanlawe Grange

★ Otterspool Promenade

Education

There are the Aigburth Park halls of residence of Liverpool Hope University, close to the railway line on St Michael's Road. Close by towards Mossley Hill are the Carnatic and Elmswood Road halls of residence for the University of Liverpool. On the piece of land between Mossley Hill Road and Barkhill Road is the IM Marsh Campus of Liverpool John Moores University, where the university's Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure is based. There is a student bar and refectory. On Aigburth Road, is the St Margaret's Church of England High School. Opposite this is the junior section of Sudley County Primary School, whose infant section is situated on Dundonald Road.
Prior to the reorganisation of secondary education in Liverpool in the 1980s, Aigburth was also home to Aigburth Vale Comprehensive School for Girls, formerly Aigburth Vale High School for Girls, which was merged with Quarry Bank School to form Calderstones School.

Transport

The area is served by Aigburth railway station on the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network, located some distance from larger residential areas. St Michaels railway station is also situated in the area, at the bottom of Southwood Road.

Notable residents

★ Ben Howard-Baker

★ Peter Beckett

★ Ronald Brittain

★ John Leslie Chadwick, original bassist, Gerry And The Pacemakers

★ Kenneth Cranston

★ Mikey Dalton

★ Dixie Dean, player for Everton Football Club

★ Sonia Evans

★ Augustus Radcliffe Grote, born in Aigburth, noted entomologist and author

★ Gérard Houllier, manager of Liverpool Football Club from 1998 to 2004.

★ J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line, operators of the RMS Titanic.

★ Gillian Kearney

★ Dave Lister, ''fictional television character'' in BBC's ''Red Dwarf''

★ Florence Maybrick

★ James Maybrick

★ James McCartney

★ George Melly, Jazz/Blues singer and writer.

★ Elliot Morley

★ Steven Norris

★ John E. Owens, Liverpool born American comedian. ^[1]

★ Alfred Waterhouse

References

1. Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896, , , , Marquis Who's Who, ,

External links

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★ Website of the Sudley Area Residents' Association