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    I believe they used to have public hangings there in the old days, hence the name, Hang field, later became Anfield!
    That's another one of these concientious definitions: Anfield was certainly called Hangfield (or Hongefield) but this is largely thought to reference the fact that the land 'hung' or sloped downwards from Everton Brow and nothing to do with hangings.

    If it was named after a gallows there is no evidence of where these gallows where, or indeed why they would hang people in fields miles away from any major village, hamlet or roadway. Gallows were usually erected just outside the city walls on a prominent location such as a hill to act as a deterrent for any who may cause trouble.

    The gallows of ancient Liverpool were located on the hill that is now London Road as can be evidenced by the name of the mill that was once there, Gallows Mill (a picture of it can be found here:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...llows_1825.jpg). It was at these gallows that James Stonehouse records his grandfather rememberd seeing seven men hanged following the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.

    Also the usual name for a place of hanging would be Gallowfield (of which there are several in the uk) not Hangfield.

    I also noticed the Cabbage Hall pub isn't in the original photo.... well the current building at least. I've always wondered where the telephone box in the Wallace murder was, are we 100% certain it was on the triangle, if so... cool

    Last edited by fortinian; 05-05-2009 at 04:52 PM.

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