Fazakerley

Fazakerley is a suburb of north Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 15,062, increasing to 16,786 at the 2011 Census.
Description.
The Fazakerley area is located in north Liverpool, with neighbouring districts that include Croxteth, Gillmoss, Aintree and Kirkby.
Some of the notable features of the area are Fazakerley railway station, Altcourse Prison and Aintree University Hospital.
Fazakerley is unusually split in that part of the area is in the borough of Knowsley, running along Copplehouse Lane. The Sparrow Hall estate is on the edge of Fazakerley, near to the A580 East Lancashire Road and Norris Green.
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.