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    Fazakerley Hospital

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    Bob Edwards
    , 06-21-2013 at 12:45 PM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    The north Liverpool suburb which borders Croxteth, Aintree and Kirkby, parts of Fazakerley lie in neighbouring Knowsley. A base for a Royal Ordnance Factories plant manufacturing weapons during World War II Fazakerley is now the home of Fazakerley Hospital, also known as Aintree University Hospitals.


    Harbreck House was in Bluebell Woods
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    Fazakerly Liverpool -The township

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    Bob Edwards
    , 08-13-2012 at 10:33 AM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    FAZAKERLEY

    Fazakerley, 1321; Phesacrelegh, 1333.

    Fazakerley is the name of a town and family. It is a very old English name, originating from the county of Lancaster (now Lancashire), just North of the modern city of Liverpool.
    Originally, Fazakerley was the name of a piece of land. As was typical of the time, the name was later adopted by the family that settled on the land as their surname.
    The name is constructed from three Anglo-Saxon words, faes,
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