Toxteh and Lumpstone

Question 1

Where is Toxteth located?

Answer 1

Inner Liverpool.
1.5km south of city centre.

Question 2

Where is Lympstone located?

Answer 2

East Devon.
East Riverbank of River Exe.
15km south of Exeter.

Question 3

What are the physical geographical characteristics of Toxteth?

Answer 3

Undulating land rising up from River Mersey’s banks.
The Mersey is fast-flowing past toxteth as it narrows before passing it.

Question 4

What are the physical geographical characteristics of Lympstone?

Answer 4

Small valley cut by Wotton Brook through the red breccia cliffs.
Extensive tidal mudflats extend out into the estuary.
Small pebble beach at foot of cliff.

Question 5

What is the demography of Toxteth?

Answer 5

Few elderly
Few children
Majority of population between 16-64 (working age)
Large Ethnic Diversity
Lots of migrants (after post war immigration)
Only 78.6% White.

Question 6

What is the demography of Lympstone?

Answer 6

Top-Heavy age structure
Not ethnically diverse
98.9% White.

Question 7

What are the socio-economic characteristics of Toxteth?

Answer 7

Average House-Hold size of 1.9
24% owner occupiers
76% renting
54.4% have no car
9.4% have bad/very bad health

Question 8

What are the socio-economic characteristics of Lympstone?

Answer 8

Average House-Hold size of 2.3
66% are owner-occupiers
32.8% renting
12.7% have no car
4.1% with bad/very bad health

Question 9

What are the cultural characteristics of Toxteth?

Answer 9

Friday prayers - Muslim community (different to sunday church for christians).
Black African Christians have a different form of christian worship opposed to Anglicans.
Eid is a major event.
The Synagogue is evidence for a Jewish community

Question 10

What are the cultural characteristics of Lympstone?

Answer 10

Christian holidays dominate.

Question 11

What are the political characteristics of Toxteth?

Answer 11

One of the 30 wards forming Liverpool’s council.

Question 12

What are the political characteristics of Lympstone?

Answer 12

Has a Parish Council with 11 elected people serving on this local government. It deals with local matters such as lighting, equipping village halls.

Question 13

What are the built environmental characteristic of Toxteth?

Answer 13

Dense housing.
Small houses.
Run down houses.
No variation in housing. They’re also all in derelict.
Many transport routes.
Lots of multi-story flats.
All buildings built in Victorian times/Industrial Revolution.
No green space.

Question 14

What are the built environmental characteristics of Lympstone?

Answer 14

Housing dense in the areas they have built.
However incredibly rural as an area.
Buildings are better maintained.

Question 15

When were the riots in Toxteth

Answer 15

1981.

Question 16

Why did the riots at Toxteth in 1981 occur?

Answer 16

Social deprivation and depression due to…
- 40% unemployment
- Disease due to poor housing and conditions.
- Poor housing.
- Lots of drug use.
- Gang culture

Question 17

What happened due to the riots at Toxteth in 1981?

Answer 17

Worst social disorder in the last century.
Over 1,000 police injured.
140 buildings destroyed.

Question 18

When was the largest population increase in Lympstone?
How big was the change?

Answer 18

In 1961.
Increased from 1,100 to 1,600 (increase of 500 in year)
Increased steadily before and after tha

Question 19

When was the largest population increase in Toxteth?

Answer 19

Steep increase in Industrial Revolution.
Toxteth’s data merged into Liverpool’s data in 1901.

Question 20

Who was Lympstone established by?
What was it classified as?

Answer 20

The Saxons.
A coastal village.

Question 21

What was Lympstone like in the 13th century?

Answer 21

A small port.
Had a few coastal & cross channel trading links.