Anyway, Toxteth Park...
Shortly after this, large areas of South Lancashire are deforested, and the Testa de Neville’ defines the boundaries of Toxteth Park. Without confusing matters by using contemporary named like Bromegge and Oskelesbrok, this thirteenth century document describes the area between Otterspool and Liverpool itself, bounded by the watercourse up the ‘Pool’, past Byrom Street, up to Brownlow Hill and along the line of Smithdown Lane to Lodge Lane, then across to the area of Lark Lane and back down to the Mersey. Within this, we know ‘Toxteth Park’ was bounded along the course of Parliament Street at its North edge, and that in grants to Thomas earl of Lancaster in 1316 Smithdown and Toxteth are still linked as the same place, but with one part enclosed and one part ‘open’. Shall I put a map in next time to make this easier to follow? Oh, okay then.