Aigburth
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 The former Barclays Bank building, on Aigburth Road |
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| Aigburth shown within Merseyside | |
| OS grid reference | SJ385864 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode district | L17, L19 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Aigburth (
i/ˈɛɡbərθ/, locally /ˈɛɡbʌθ/) is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Toxteth, Sefton Park, Mossley Hill, Garston and Grassendale.
Historically a part of Lancashire, Possible other meaning of Aigburth - Aiges' Berth meaning the place where the Viking Aiges berthed his long boat.This is more plauseable because Aigburth is right on the Merseyside river mouth and not on a hill. The nearby hill has a Viking name Toxteth which means The camp of Toces (hard C ) Teth means camp. There is another camp nearby - Croxteth.
Aigburth means "hill where oak trees grow" and is a hybrid place-name: the first part of the name is from Old Norse eikr "oak tree" (which is found in Eikton in Cumbria and Eakring in Nottinghamshire) and Old English beorg meaning " hill, tumulus" but here in the sense "rising ground". This element usually occurs as "-borough" (as in Barlborough in Derbyshire) or more rarely as "-barrow" (e. g. Backbarrow in Cumbria). The meaning is probably derived from the presence of a sacred oak grove in the area. The name was also recorded as Eikberei in an undated record.
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