Childwall
Encyclopedia
Childwall is a suburb of Liverpool
, Merseyside
, England
and a Liverpool City Council
Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre
, Wavertree
, Belle Vale, Broadgreen
, Bowring Park
and Mossley Hill
. In 2008 the population was recorded as 14,085.
of 1086.
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).
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.
All Saints' Church, Childwall, is the oldest church in Liverpool and still has a lively and full congregation to this date. Childwall once had a a large Jewish community, but since the 1980s this has been in gradual decline with many now living in Gateacre and Allerton
.
Childwall's public houses include the Childwall Abbey, the Halfway House and the Childwall Fiveways. From 2009, the Halfway House became the starting point for regular Tom Slemen 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.
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.
.
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and a Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards. The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Joe Anderson.-Domain:...
Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre
Gateacre
Gateacre is a district of Liverpool, England, located approximately from the city centre. It is bordered by Childwall, Woolton and Belle Vale...
, Wavertree
Wavertree
Wavertree is an area of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, and is a Liverpool City Council ward. It is bordered by a number of districts to the south and east of Liverpool city centre from Toxteth, Edge Hill, Fairfield, Old Swan, Childwall and Mossley Hill....
, Belle Vale, Broadgreen
Broadgreen
Broadgreen is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Located on the eastern edge of the city, it is bordered by Old Swan to the north west, Knotty Ash to the north east, Childwall to the south and, further east, Bowring Park...
, Bowring Park
Bowring Park, Merseyside
Bowring Park is a small suburb of Liverpool in the borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England.-Description:Bowring Park is locatd between the Childwall and Roby districts and adjacent to the M62 motorway....
and Mossley Hill
Mossley Hill
Mossley Hill is a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Aigburth, Wavertree, Childwall and Allerton. At the 2001 Census, the Mossley Hill ward had a population which was recorded at 12,650.-Notable...
. In 2008 the population was recorded as 14,085.
History
The earliest recorded reference to Childwall was in the Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
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 carucateCarucateThe carucate or ploughland was a unit of assessment for tax used in most Danelaw counties of England, and is found for example in Domesday Book. The carucate was based on the area a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season...
of land in frank almoign."
Childwall was known as Cileuuelle in the 1086 Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
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).
Childwall was traditionally part of the West Derby Hundred
West Derby (hundred)
The hundred of West Derby was an ancient division of the historic county of Lancashire, in northern England. It was sometimes known as West Derbyshire, the name alluding to its judicial centre being the township of West Derby .It covered the southwest of Lancashire, containing the ancient...
. It was an urban district
Urban district
In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
from the Local Government Act 1894
Local Government Act 1894
The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...
until it was annexed to Liverpool in 1913.
All Saints' Church, Childwall, is the oldest church in Liverpool and still has a lively and full congregation to this date. Childwall once had a a large Jewish community, but since the 1980s this has been in gradual decline with many now living in Gateacre and Allerton
Allerton, Merseyside
Allerton is a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England. It is located southeast of Liverpool city centre, bordered by Mossley Hill, Woolton, Hunts Cross and Garston....
.
Description
Childwall is dominated by the "Childwall Fiveways", a large roundabout that is one of the busiest in Liverpool. Housing is almost entirely detached or semi-detached; there are very few terraces within Childwall. The area's pleasant greenery in abundance and range of large houses makes it one of Liverpool's most sought-after suburbs.Childwall's public houses include the Childwall Abbey, the Halfway House and the Childwall Fiveways. From 2009, the Halfway House became the starting point for regular Tom Slemen 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
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
for Channel Four. Childwall was also the home of Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
until 2003, and the BBC's Grange Hill
Grange Hill
Grange Hill is a British television drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest running programmes on British television...
between 2003 and 2008.
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
- Childwall Sports CollegeChildwall Sports CollegeChildwall School or Childwall Sports College is a secondary school located in the Childwall area of Liverpool, L15 6XZ , Merseyside, England.-Admissions:...
, (known locally as 'The Holt') - King David High SchoolKing David School, LiverpoolThe King David School located in Liverpool, England is a popular specialist humanities college mixed voluntary aided Jewish Orthodox secondary school....
, (Specialist Humanities College)
Transport
The nearest railway station is either Mossley HillMossley Hill railway station
Mossley Hill railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool in the north west of England. The station is operated by Northern Rail.The station was renamed from Mossley Hill for Aigburth to Mossley Hill on 6 May 1974....
or Broadgreen
Broad Green railway station
Broad Green railway station is situated in the Broadgreen district of Liverpool, England. It is the oldest used railway station in the world being a part of the original 1830 Liverpool and Manchester passenger railway....
. Historically there was also Childwall railway station
Childwall railway station
Childwall railway station was a station located on the North Liverpool Extension Line at Well Lane, Childwall, Liverpool. It opened on 1 December 1879....
.
Regular bus services connect the district with Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an international airport serving the city of Liverpool and the North West of England. Formerly known as Speke Airport, RAF Speke, and Liverpool Airport the airport is located within the City of Liverpool adjacent to the estuary of the River Mersey some southeast...
and the city centre, as well as surrounding districts.
Notable residents
- Craig CharlesCraig CharlesCraig Joseph Charles is an English actor, stand-up comedian, author, poet, radio and television presenter, best known for playing Dave Lister in the British cult-favourite science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf...
- Brian EpsteinBrian EpsteinBrian Samuel Epstein , was an English music entrepreneur, and is best known for being the manager of The Beatles up until his death. He also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, The Remo Four & The Cyrkle...
- Graham Hesketh (see Fiona MontFiona MontFiona Mont became known as "Britain's Most Wanted Woman" during a major police and media hunt for her in connection with allegations of corporate fraud. The chase lasted for three years and covered a large area of Europe - including the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Gibraltar, and Portugal...
) - Jeremiah MarklandJeremiah MarklandJeremiah Markland , English classical scholar, was born at Childwall in Liverpool on the 29th of October 1693. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Peterhouse, Cambridge...
- Raymond Quinn
- Ian St John
- Edwina CurrieEdwina CurrieEdwina Jonesnée Cohen is a former British Member of Parliament. First elected as a Conservative Party MP in 1983, she was a Junior Health Minister for two years, before resigning in 1988 over the controversy over salmonella in eggs...
- Jason IsaacsJason IsaacsJason Isaacs is an English actor born in Liverpool, who is best known for his performance as the villain Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, the brutal Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot and as lifelong criminal Michael Caffee in the internationally broadcast American television series...
- John FlanaganJohn FlanaganJohn Flanagan was a sculptor who designed the Washington U.S. quarter dollar coin, which was issued in 1932. Flanagan's initials can be found at the base of Washington's neck. Flanagan designed both sides of the quarter....
- Simon Jones (musician)Simon Jones (musician)Simon Jones is an English bass player. He played bass and provided occasional backing vocals for the English band, The Verve.-Personal life:...
Government
The elected councillors for Childwall are Cllrs Sir Trevor Jones, Eddie Clein and Pam Clein - all Liberal DemocratsLiberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
.
External links
- Save Childwall Church Graveyard
- Liverpool Today
- Liverpool City Council, Ward Profile: Childwall (March 2006)
- MultiMap.com: Childwall Fiveways aerial photo
- Port Cities: Childwall Fiveways photo (1935)
- Port Cities: Childwall Valley Road photo (1931)
- Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 16
- Disused Stations: Childwall
- Haunted Liverpool Ghost Walks website
- HOMEsure Property - Childwall's Local Independent Sales, Lettings & Management Agency