Maghull
| Maghull | ||
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| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL | |
| Postcode district | L31 | |
| Dialling code | 0151 | |
| Police | Merseyside | |
| Fire | Merseyside | |
| Ambulance | North West | |
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Maghull (
Maghull had a population of 20,444 at the 2011 Census.[1] Housing in the town is almost entirely a 20th-century settlement of semi-detached and detached housing although remains of the original town do exist. The town has had an elected council since the Local Government Act 1894 when the government set up a network of local governance across England. Following the Local Government Act 1974, the council changed its name from a parish to a town council.
Etymology
It has been proposed by Dr
History
The original settlement, consisting of fifty people and six square miles of agricultural settlement, was established prior to the
It is noted that in 1568 Maghull Moss was divided between
It is also recorded that by 1667 the population of Maghull had increased to 599 with 136 houses and 127 families and by 1770 initial work had begun on the
Maghull's first school was founded in 1668 in a small cottage in School Lane with the headmaster being Humphries Webster, showing the town's emergence although County Rates from 1716 said of the town "Maghull doth always bear and pay a third less than either Down Holland or Lidyeat". This shows that Maghull was a developing community, but still not as rich as its neighbours Downholland and Lydiate. Economic development continued with the Molyneux family (Earls of Sefton) being significantly active in bringing about the Alt Drainage Act in 1779 which resulted in many acres of marshland along the river eventually becoming good agricultural land. This had led to the growth of the population to 534, with about half the employment being in trade rather than agriculture and a rise in 1815 to a population of 720 people with 71 families engaged in agriculture and 29 in trade, manufactures and handicrafts. There were 108 inhabited houses.
By the 1820s, horse racing was well established on land in Maghull.[3] Old Racecourse Farm later became the site for the Meadows Hotel; and Old Racecourse Road, off Sefton Lane, commemorates the sport. Baines' Directory of Lancashire in 1825 provided the first list of specialist male occupations in Maghull – 1 blacksmith, 1 cooper, 1 tailor, 1 land surveyor and 1 wheelwright.
By 1840 the agriculture of the area had changed from animal to
In 1939, the
Geography
Maghull is seven miles north-northeast of Liverpool city centre. To the northwest is Lydiate, to the east Melling, to the south Aintree and Netherton and to the west the Mersey Forest and Sefton village. Maghull is separated from the rest of the Greater Liverpool sprawl by a green belt which runs across the Switch Island motorway junction and through which flows the River Alt.
Governance
In 1912, the Maghull & District
Maghull also has a town council, established by the 1974 Local Government Act. The town council is composed of councillors elected every four years. The council has been under the control of Labour since the 2011 local elections. Since 2019 it has the following make up 12 Labour, 2 Conservatives and 2 Independent Councillors. Maghull town council is made up of four wards: East which elects five councillors, West which elects four councillors, North which elects five councillors, and South which elects two Councillors
Maghull also falls into Molyneux, Park and Sudell Wards on Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. There are 3 Borough Councillors to each of these wards.
Education
Education in the town began with William Harper founding the Maghull School in Damfield Lane, the location of
Transport
Maghull is bisected by the
Shopping
Maghull saw some regeneration during the early 1990s with the creation of a central square shopping region. Over the road from the new shopping square was Clent House, then owned by farmer John Cropper who sold the land and property around 1993 to the local authorities. Cropper's family had owned the land for generations, while their house was fronted by a "picturesque delf, ringed by trees" and was considered among the more beautiful parts of Maghull. Plans to regenerate the site were set in motion to provide needed amenities for the area, with a new police station and council offices among the suggestions.[4]
Maghull is presently served by the Central Square Shopping Centre, which is based in the northwest of Maghull, which is the original town centre. Known locally as "the square", it contains several shops, a police station, numerous banks and nearby is a Morrisons supermarket. In Kennessee Green there is a shopping area called Tree View Court. There are also the Meadows shops near to Maghull Town Hall and Deyes Lane shops near the end of Deyes Lane, about five or ten minutes walking distance from Deyes High School.
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Maghull Square
Community
In 1929, the Maghull Townswomen's Guild was formed. It later became the Maghull Summerhill Townswomen's Guild and was a
Media
The main local newspapers are the
Local news and television programmes are provided by
Local radio stations are
Filming location
Due to its location and amenities, Maghull has recently become very popular location for filming.
- Help (2021 television film)
- Anthony
- Sometimes Always Never
- The Responder Series 2 filming will take place in the town between September and December 2023
Sport
Maghull's sport facilities include bowls and tennis next to the town hall and Maghull F.C. and cricket clubs playing at Old Hall Field. Maghull Cricket Club[9] was founded in 1926 and after playing friendly cricket for the 50 years of their existence started playing league cricket in the 1970s. After moving through various junior leagues, they joined the Liverpool and District Competition in 1999. The 1st XI gained promotion to the ECB Premier League in 2001 before being relegated in 2004. In 2005, they won the First Division title for the 2nd time and rejoined the Premier league in 2006. They were relegated in 2008. The 1st XI captain from the beginning of the 2011 season is batsman John Ring, who led the team to their 3rd First Division Championship in ten years in 2011, returning Maghull to the Premier League for the 2012 campaign. The 2nd XI plays in the 2nd XI First Division and is captained by Liam Gibbons. Gibbons led the side to promotion, and the 1st Division championship, to the 2nd XI Premier Division in 2010, but the side was relegated in 2011. The club has a 3rd and 4th XI, with Andy Buchannon in charge of the 3rds and Gareth Barry responsible for the 4th team. In 2007, the 3rd XI won the 3rd XI First Division championship and plays in the 3rd XI Premier Division. 2011 saw the 3rd XI win the Embee Trophy and narrowly miss out on the Premier Division championship. It also saw the 4th XI win promotion to the Premier Division for the first time in the side's history. In 2005, the club entered a team in the Sunday 3rd XI First Division Competition, called the 5th XI. Due to regional boundaries in this league, the team have moved between the East and West divisions. As of 2018, the 1st XI captain is Paul Walter. 2nd XI captain is James Stanley and the 3rd XI and 4th XI are now equal teams being captained by Adam Lloyd and Gareth Lloyd respectively. The 5 XI is now defunct ending in 2016 under the final captaincy of Joe Campbell.
In the last few years, the 1st XI has slumped to the 2nd Division of the Liverpool Competition but are on the rise. Also, the club has had trouble with the local council over the issue of the rent, this has now been resolved with a new lease being signed in 2017.
The 3rd and 4th teams play at the Parkhaven Trust, which is situated a few hundred metres from the main Old Hall pitch.
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Gym
Notable people
- The Beatles performed live on one occasion at the Albany Cinema in October 1961; the compere was Ken Dodd. The site is now a Lidl supermarket.[11]
- John Lennon lived with relatives at Cedar Grove, Maghull, for a short while, as a result of family issues.[12]
- Maricourt Catholic High School. "The Hollies" was the first building outside London to be awarded a Blue plaque. He is buried in St Andrew's churchyard along with his wife and daughter.
- William Vestey of Blue Star Linealso lived at "Quarry Brook" before the Hornby family.
Football
Several
- Nathan Eccleston – English footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, and lives in Maghull.
- Jordan Rossiter - English footballer who played as a midfielder for Liverpool and now Rangers.
- Mark Hateley – footballer and England international lived in Maghull on Shop Lane, spent two spells at Lambshear Lane Primary School (now Lydiate Primary School).
- Alex Curran-Gerrard – wife of Liverpool and England footballer Steven Gerrard, lived most of her life in Aintree but attended Maghull High School.
Music
- Heidi Range, member of the Sugababes, attended Maricourt High School.
- Gary Dwyer and keyboard player Paul Simpson who was later the singer in the Wild Swans, as well as the original drummer in the Farm, Andy McVann.
- Steve Grimes, guitarist with The Farm attended Maghull Grammar School.
- David Turner, who attended Woodend Primary School and Maghull High School, went on to join SKA supergroup Bad Manners and enjoy an international music and recording career
- Clifford Ennis, who attended Woodend Primary school went on to form goth band Subterfuge, then joined alternative group Ikon and later formed Razorfade with Mark Tansley of Suspiria after emigrating to Australia.[13]
- All the original members of the band Apollo 440 either lived or went to school in Maghull – Noko and James Gardner – lived in Maghull and attended Old Hall High School (later Maghull High) and brothers Howard Gray and Trevor Gray from Aintree both attended Old Hall High School.
Other connections
- James Graham – St. Helens and GB rugby league player, attended Deyes High School. Played 9 seasons in Australia at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and St. George Illawarra Dragons clubs.
- David Price – Rugby Union player at Maricourt High School.
- motor neurone disease. He is married to Manchester City WC captain Steph Houghton.
- Charlotte Jackson – family of British journalist and television presenter, currently a presenter on Sky Sports News and originates from Maghull.
- Brookside.
- Sky TVRugby League commentator.
- Isaac Roberts – astronomer.
- Rafael Sabatini – novelist, lived in Station Road, Maghull.
- Zack Gibson - WWE wrestler grew up in Maghull and attended Deyes High School
See also
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1922). Place Names of Lancashire. Manchester: The University Press. p. 119 & 120.
The second el. of the name is obviously O.E. halh " haugh." This word here refers to the very gently sloping fields E. of the old mossland along the Alt. The first el. is not easy to explain. It appears to have had the form Magh- [ma3J in the earliest M.E. ; later [3] became [x] perhaps owing to assimilation with the h of the second el., and disappeared. Many names in -halh have a pers. n. as first el., and it is reasonable to suppose that also that of Maghull is one. But there is no (O.E. or O.N.) pers. n. that fits the name. O.E. mago " son," only used in poetry, might be thought of (cf. Childwall), but there are to my knowledge no other place-names in which the word is used. But O.E. Maga corresponding to O.H.Gr. Mago may well have existed. Another possibility is that the first el. of Maghull, like that of Mayfield, Suss. (Magefeud 1260, Maghfeud 1274, Maghefeld 1316, 1343; Roberts), is the Celtic *magos "plain" (Brit. *mag, whence Welsh ma "place," Ir. magh "plain, field," etc.). This derivation seems unexceptionable from the point of view of form and meaning. Brit, mag, i.e., [ma3], would not have lost its final consonant at the time when Lancashire was conquered by the Anglians ; cf . Douglas infra. Maghull occupies a plateau rising slightly over the low-lying land E. and W. This plateau is mostly level and would be aptly described as a plain. If the etymology suggested is correct, we must assume that the Brit, name of it was, or contained, the word mag "plain."
- ^ Mutlow, Mick (15 June 2009). "The Birth of The Grand National: The Real Story". Thoroughbred Heritage. [1]. Retrieved 8 April 2010
- ^ "Maghull town centre a step closer". The Ormskirk Advertiser. 19 August 1993. p. 18 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter". UK Free TV. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "North West Radio Stations". Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Esterson, Bill. "Budding Maghull DJs invited to come forward to be the voices of Maghull Radio". Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ Robertson, Tony (31 October 2013). "Maghull Community Radio – It sounds like a great idea to me". Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ Maghull Cricket Club Website
- ^ Maghull FC
- ^ "Bonhams : A rare programme for the Beatles at the Albany Cinema, Maghull, 15th October 1961".
- ^ "Sunday memories. - Free Online Library".
- ^ 13 Questions to Clifford Ennis (Subterfuge, IKON, Jerusalem Syndrome, Razorfade) – Gothic Rock
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