Croxteth
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Template:GBthumb Croxteth is a suburb of Liverpool, on Merseyside and a Liverpool City Council Ward. Although housing in the area is predominantly modern, the suburb has some notable history. The name is believed to derive from a contraction of 'Crocker's Staithe', or the landing place of Crocker, which is a likely reference to a Viking landing via the River Alt, which passes through Croxteth and at the time of the Viking invasion of Britain was navigable through the area. The similar root is also possible for Toxteth.
The suburb is adjacent to Croxteth Hall, the former home of the Earl of Sefton, and close to West Derby, another suburb that predates Liverpool, being recorded in the Domesday Book. The 'Dog and Gun' Public House (closed, 2005) is a historic hostelry, likely associated with the hunt from Croxteth Hall.
The first tranche of housing in Croxteth was built to rehouse families from the Scotland Road area of the City that was subject to mass demolition during the contruction of the second Mersey Tunnel. Within the past twenty years very large areas of the Croxteth Hall estate and a City Council playing field have been sold for housing development to create a huge Housing Estate, noted for its lack of local amenities.
The area is serviced by three secondary schools (11-18); St. John Bosco (Catholic Girls), De La Salle (Catholic Boys) and Croxteth Community Comprehensive (State Mixed).
Manchester United and England footballer Wayne Rooney has lived in Croxteth from an early age and attended De La Salle School.
From the A580 road passing Malpas Road to St. Swithens including the much talked about haunting of Gillmoss school Croxteth was one of the first "suburbs of Liverpool" Croxteth Park, a development, came many years later.