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Liverpool Picturebook

A site dedicated to photographs and History of old Liverpool

  1. Walton - A History

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Edwards View Post
    Walton

    Listed in the Doomsday book 1246 as Waleton, in 1907 Walton was described by the authors William Farrer and J. Brownbill as follows:

    This township, having a wedge-like form, lies on the west and north-west of West Derby and Fazakerley; it has a length of over 4 miles and an area of 1,944 acres. At the extreme north is Warbreck on the border of Aintree; the Gildhouses were also at the north end, and along the southern border from north-west to south-east are
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