In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Toxteth like this:

Toxteth Park, town and par., SW. Lancashire - par. (wholly within the parl. limits of Liverpool), 3598 ac. (1284 water), pop. 117,028; town, on S. side of Liverpool, 1500 ac., pop. 10,308.

Toxteth through time

Toxteth is now part of LIVERPOOL District. Click here for graphs and data of how LIVERPOOL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Toxteth itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Toxteth, in Liverpool and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1292

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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