Toxteth in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Toxteth is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in [West] Derby
- Ainsdale
- Allerton
- Argarmeles
- Aughton
- Barton
- Bootle
- Childwall
- Dalton
- Downholland
- Formby
- Halsall
- Hurlston
- Huyton
- Ince [Blundell]
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Toxteth is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.