Aigburth
Aigburth (pronounced "egg-birth") is a suburb of
Liverpool,
England.
Historically, the area was part of the royal hunting lands of
King John, and the name itself shows the woodland connection: Aigburth means "place of the oaks" in
Anglo-Saxon and is probably due to the presence of a
sacred oak grove in the area.
It is bounded by
Toxteth to the west,
Garston to the east,
Allerton to the north and the
River Mersey to the south.
It is mainly residential and is centred around the shopping street of Aigburth Road. It has a railway station on the
Merseyrail Northern Line. It is to the south of
Sefton Park and adjoins Otterspool Park, which leads to Otterspool Promenade on the
Mersey.
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.
Aigburth Cricket Club, although located just outside the new district boundary, is one of
Lancashire County Cricket Club's regular home venues.
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Sudley House*
St Michael's Church, Aigburth*
Church of St Anne, Aigburth*
Stanlawe Grange*
Sefton Park*
James Maybrick*
Florence Maybrick*
George Melly*
Steven Norris*
Ronald Brittain*
Kenneth Cranston*
Josephine Butler*
Alfred Waterhouse*
John William Gibson*
Gillian Kearney*
Peter Beckett*
Ben Howard-Baker*
Dave Lister Fictional character*
Mikey Dalton*
Gerard Houllier*[
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