Anfield, Liverpool

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Anfield is a district of Liverpool, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward.

Originally common pasture land, the area had the name of Hanging-fields or Hangfield the name originating from the deeply sloping (or 'hanging') nature of the terrain. The name was also frequently written as Hongfield or Honghfield. In Gore's paper of 26th July 1810, certain fields are advertised as "Fields in Walton-on-the-Hill, called Hanging-fields".

It is the home of Anfield Stadium, the home of Liverpool F.C. and the original home of Everton F.C.. Anfield is also home to one of Liverpool's grand Victorian parks, Stanley Park covers 45 hectares of Anfield and is the primary seperator between Anfield Stadium and Goodison Park in Walton.

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  • The District Placenames of Liverpool, Henry Harrison, 1898


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Aigburth | Allerton | Anfield | Belle Vale | Broadgreen | Canning | Childwall | Clubmoor | Croxteth | Dingle | Dovecot | Edge Hill | Everton | Fairfield | Fazakerley | Garston | Gateacre | Grassendale | Hunts Cross | Kensington | Kirkdale | Knotty Ash | Mossley Hill | Netherley | Norris Green | Old Swan | St Michael's Hamlet | Speke | Stoneycroft | Toxteth | Tuebrook | Walton | Wavertree | West Derby | Woolton
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