Anfield House

Anfield, Liverpool

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

Etymology

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 26 July 1810, certain fields are advertised as "Fields in Walton-on-the-Hill, called Hanging-fields". The Ordnance Survey map of 1840 shows a house here called Anfield House around which the district developed.

Description

Anfield is a residential district of Liverpool bordered by a number of areas including Walton, Clubmoor, Tuebrook and Everton.

Most of the houses in Anfield are terraced houses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This type of property is particularly dense around Anfield stadium, although in 1991, a whole street of terraced houses (Kemlyn Road) was demolished to make way for a new stand at Anfield stadium.

Attractions

Anfield Stadium, the home of Liverpool F.C., and the original home of Everton F.C. is located within the district. Everton moved to Goodison Park in 1892 and the new Liverpool Football Club moved in. They have played there ever since, and it now holds more than 45,000 spectators all seated. However, Liverpool are now planning to build a new stadium in adjoining Stanley Park that could be ready in 2010.

Stanley Park, one of Liverpool's grand Victorian parks, covers 45 hectares of Anfield and is the primary separator between Anfield Stadium and Goodison Park in Walton.

It is a hotspot of "urban legends", meaning that there are many rumours of dubious credibility throughout history of "monsters" terrorising the area, such as Spring Heeled Jack over a century ago.