Childwall

Childwall
Childwall
	All Saints' Church in October 2006
	Childwall Location within Merseyside
Population	14,085 (2008)
OS grid reference	SJ414890
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L16
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Liverpool Wavertree;
	List of places UK England Merseyside 53°23′42″N 2°52′52″W / 53.395°N 2.881°W

Childwall (/ˈtʃɪldwɔːl/) is a suburb and ward of Liverpool, England, located to the southeast of the city. It is bordered by Belle Vale, Bowring Park, Broadgreen, Gateacre, Mossley Hill, and Wavertree. In 2019, the population was 13,640.^[1]

Overview

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 Liverpool annexed it in 1913.^[5] The suburb'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 the former Jewish community now living in the nearby suburbs of Allerton and Gateacre.

Childwall has a large roundabout called the Childwall Fiveways, which is one of the busiest in Liverpool. Since the year 2000, the area immediately surrounding the Fiveways has gradually developed into an area for bars and restaurants. Childwall's pubs include the Childwall Abbey Hotel, the Halfway House, and the Childwall Fiveways Hotel. Housing in Childwall is almost entirely detached or semi-detached, and there are very few terraced houses.

The television production company Lime Pictures, formerly Mersey Television, is headquartered on a patch of private land in Childwall Woods. The company's most notable productions are Hollyoaks, Brookside, Grange Hill, Geordie Shore, and The Only Way Is Essex. The first three are filmed in Childwall, while the last two are respectively filmed in Newcastle and Brentwood.

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

Childwall Academy

King David High School

Higher education

Liverpool Hope University

Transport

The nearest railway stations are 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 people

Brian Barwick, sports team chairman^[6]
Craig Charles, actor, lived in Childwall as a teen
Jodie Comer, actress, raised in Childwall
Edwina Currie, politician
Les Dennis, television presenter, partly raised in Childwall
Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, raised in Childwall
Jon Flanagan, footballer
Alex Fletcher, actress, born in Childwall
Samantha Giles, actress, lived in Childwall whilst filming Hollyoaks
Jason Isaacs, actor, partly raised in Childwall
Simon Jones, musician, partly raised in Childwall
Jeremiah Markland, classical scholar, born in Childwall
Ray Quinn, actor, singer, born in Childwall
Ian St John, footballer, lived in Childwall while playing for Liverpool
Dai Davies, footballer, lived in Childwall while playing for Everton in 1970s

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

^ ^a ^b Liverpool Ward Profiles: Childwall (pdf), Liverpool City Council, 2021
^ Brief History, All Saints Parish Church, Childwall, archived from the original on 19 July 2007, retrieved 26 March 2008
^ Wild, Jonathon, The History of Childwall, retrieved 23 January 2009
^ Townships: Childwall, A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, British History Online, 1907, pp. 108–111, retrieved 6 February 2009
^ Liverpool, A Vision Of Britain Through Time, archived from the original on 31 August 2012, retrieved 26 March 2008
^ Spent childhood at 15 Eastham Close per his autobiography Anfield Days and Wembley Ways (Sport Media 2011)

External links

[2008pop-1] Liverpool Ward Profiles: Childwall (pdf), Liverpool City Council, 2021

[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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v t e Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool
Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Oglet Old Swan Orrell Park Sefton Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton
Wards	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Belle Vale Broadgreen Brownlow Hill Calderstones Canning Childwall Church City Centre North City Centre South Clubmoor East Clubmoor West County Croxteth Croxteth Country Park Dingle Edge Hill Everton East Everton North Everton West Fazakerley East Fazakerley North Fazakerley West Festival Gardens Garston Gateacre Grassendale & Cressington Greenbank Park Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale East Kirkdale West Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park Mossley Hill Much Woolton & Hunts Cross Norris Green Old Swan East Old Swan West Orrell Park Penny Lane Princes Park Sandfield Park Sefton Park Smithdown Speke Springwood St Michaels Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Breckside Park Tuebrook Larkhill Vauxhall Walton Waterfront North Waterfront South Wavertree Garden Suburb Wavertree Village West Derby Deysbrook West Derby Leyfield West Derby Muirhead Woolton Village Yew Tree
Defunct wards	Abercromby Allerton and Hunt's Cross Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton Breckfield Brunswick Castle Street Central Central, Everton, Netherfield Clubmoor Cressington Dovecot Everton Exchange Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Granby, Princes Park Grassendale Great George Greenbank Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Lime Street Little Woolton Low Hill Low Hill, Smithdown Melrose Melrose, Westminster Much Woolton Netherfield Netherley North Scotland North Toxteth North Walton Old Swan Picton Pirrie Pitt Street Riverside Rodney Street St. Anne Street St. Domingo St. James' St. Mary's St. Paul's St. Peter's Sandhills Scotland Sefton Park East Sefton Park West South Scotland South Toxteth South Walton Speke-Garston Tuebrook Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Valley Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Westminster Woolton Woolton East Woolton West