toxeth, liverpool Flashcards
past characteristics
the saxons established a settlement in toxeth as one of a handful of early coastal villages
king Jhon took the ares into his controll in the early 19th centry when it became a large part of a royal hunting forest
towards the end of the 16th centry the areas status changed and it began to open up for farming
how did the industry revolution effect Toxeth?
liverpool began to emerge as a major port with many associated industries e.g a copper works establishd in 1772
further changes in the 19th centry
residental developed occured along with industrial growth, part of toxeth was given over to an ambitious housing scheme, it was an attarctive green feild site for property developers who built for the growing middle class that wanted to escape the conjection and decline enviromental quality
demarnd for space from industry and housing brough further changes to toxeth throughout the 19th cenrty, the ares behind the large housing development has been used for cheap poorly consutected houses, epidemics such as typhiod and cholra frequently interputed the unhyginic and insantary conditions
what happend to toxeth over a period of 150 years from the 1800s
changed from a small rural commuinity to an inner city suburb in a large metrapolitain region
toxths growth had much to do with incraeasing connections both national and internationlly as goods passing through the docks weere tarded all over the country and beyond the UK
demographics
owner occupied homes
24%
rent from social landlord
34%
bad or very bad health
9.4%
16 n over with no formal qualifcations
27%