In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fairfield like this:
FAIRFIELD, a chapelry in West Derby parish, Lancashire; suburban to Liverpool, 1 mile from Old Swan, and 2½ NE of the centre of Liverpool. It was constituted in 1854; and it has a post office under Liverpool. Pop., 4, 289. Houses, 727. There are numerous villas. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, not reported.* Patrons, the Bushby Family. The church is a fine building.
Fairfield through time
Fairfield is now part of Liverpool district. Click here for graphs and data of how Liverpool has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fairfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fairfield, in Liverpool and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22911
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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