Fazakerley
Fazakerley is a suburb of north Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 16,786. Description. Fazakerley is in north Liverpool; neighbouring districts include Croxteth, Gillmoss, Aintree and Kirkby. It includes Fazakerley railway station, Altcourse Prison and Aintree University Hospital. History. Fazakerley takes its name from Anglo-Saxon root words—all descriptive words pertaining to land; "*Fæs-æcer-lēah". This can be broken down to "fæs" (border or fringe), "æcer" (field) and "lēah", meaning a wood or clearing. In 1321, Fazakerley was described as follows: "the  country is extremely flat and treeless, with nothing to recommend it to the passer-by, for it seems to be a district of straight lines, devoid of any beauty". It had an area of and was separated from Walton by a brook, and from West Derby partly by Sugar Brook up to Stone bridge. Fazakerley was once home to a Royal Ordnance Factories plant (ROF Fazakerley), which manufactured weapons such as the Lee–Enfield rifle, Sten and Sterling submachine guns both during and after World War II. In television. 1983 Yorkshire Television drama "One Summer" was partially set in Fazakerley