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Coordinates: 53°23′42″N 2°52′52″W / 53.395°N 2.881°W / 53.395; -2.881
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Childwall
All Saints' Church in October 2006
Childwall is located in Merseyside
Childwall
Childwall
Location within Merseyside
Population14,085 (2008)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ414890
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLIVERPOOL
Postcode districtL16
Dialling code0151
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Merseyside
53°23′42″N 2°52′52″W / 53.395°N 2.881°W / 53.395; -2.881

Childwall (/ˈtʃɪlwɔːl/; CHILL-wall) is an affluent suburb of Liverpool and a ward of Liverpool City Council. Historically in Lancashire, it is located to the east of the city and is bordered by Belle Vale, Bowring Park, Broadgreen, Gateacre, Mossley Hill, and Wavertree. In 2008, the population was recorded as 14,085.[1]

History

The earliest recorded reference to Childwall was in the Domesday Book of 1086: "Four Radmans held Childwall as four Manors. There is half a hide. It was worth eight shillings. There was a priest, having half a carucate of land in frank almoign."[2][3] Childwall was known as Cileuuelle in the 1086 Domesday Book meaning "a stream where youngsters meet" from the Old English words cild and wella. Historically, the name has been recorded as Childewalle (1212 and 1332), Chaldewall (1238), Childwall (1261), Childewelle (1291), Chaldewal (1305), and Childewall (1354).[4]

Childwall was traditionally part of the West Derby Hundred. It was an urban district from the Local Government Act 1894 until it was annexed to Liverpool in 1913.[5] Childwall's All Saints' Church is the oldest church in Liverpool. Though Childwall still maintains a large Jewish community, this has been in gradual decline since the 1980s, with some of those formerly of the Childwall Jewish community now living in Allerton and Gateacre.

Description

Childwall is dominated by the Childwall Fiveways, a roundabout that is one of the busiest in Liverpool and has developed into a hotspot for upmarket bars and restaurants since the turn of the millennium. Housing is almost entirely detached or semi-detached; there are very few terraces. The area's pleasant greenery and range of large houses makes it one of Liverpool's most sought-after suburbs.

Childwall's pubs include the Childwall Abbey, which once played host to The Quarrymen, a fledgling incarnation of The Beatles (who were later managed by Childwall resident Brian Epstein); the Halfway House; and the Childwall Fiveways. From 2009, the Halfway House became the starting point for regular Tom Slemen's Haunted Liverpool Ghost and Murder Tours of Childwall, in aid of Freshfields Animal Rescue.

Lime Pictures, formerly Mersey Television, is based in the area and produces Hollyoaks for Channel Four. Childwall was also the home of Brookside until 2003, and the BBC's Grange Hill between 2003 and 2008.

Education

Primary schools

  • Childwall Church of England Primary School
  • King David Schools (encompassing a Nursery, Primary, High School, and Sixth Form)
  • Our Lady's Bishop Eton Roman Catholic Primary & Junior School
  • Rudston Infant & Junior School
  • St Paschal Baylon Roman Catholic Primary School

Secondary schools

Higher education

Transport

The nearest railway station is either Mossley Hill or Broadgreen. Historically, there was also Childwall railway station. Regular bus services connect the district with Liverpool John Lennon Airport and the city centre, as well as surrounding districts.

Notable residents

Governance

The elected councillors for Childwall are Cllr Liz Parsons of the Labour Party, and Cllr Carole Storey and Cllr Alan Tormey of the Liberal Democrats.

References

  1. ^ a b Childwall Ward (pdf), Liverpool City Council, 2008[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Brief History, All Saints Parish Church, Childwall, archived from the original on 19 July 2007, retrieved 26 March 2008
  3. ^ Wild, Jonathon, The History of Childwall, retrieved 23 January 2009
  4. ^ Townships: Childwall, A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, British History Online, 1907, pp. 108–111, retrieved 6 February 2009
  5. ^ Liverpool, A Vision Of Britain Through Time, archived from the original on 31 August 2012, retrieved 26 March 2008
  6. ^ Spent childhood at 15 Eastham Close per his autobiography Anfield Days and Wembley Ways (Sport Media 2011)
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