Toxteth

Question 1

what did toxteth start off as?

Answer 1

small fishing port like lympstone aswell

Question 2

what did toxteth become

Answer 2

industrialised and incorporated into the inner area of liverpool

Question 3

what was toxteth like pre 1750 industrial revolution

Answer 3

greenfield site- seperate to liverpool

Question 4

name some physical features of toxteth

Answer 4

river mersey
undulating land- good for hunting in the 13th century for King John

Question 5

name some socio-economic features

Answer 5

education: students with As-Cs GCSE is just around 40%
-owner occupier of homes is under 30% and the UK average is 60%
-car ownership is under 50%- suggests there is less disposable income

Question 6

what is the built environment in this area

Answer 6

-large georgian houses were built following the victoria era with more grand houses named the “Georgian quater” which became the home of the rich slave merchants
-Toxteth was an area for middle class to commute in the earely 19th century- rural-urban fringe
-industrialisation filled toxteth with cheap, terraced housing for workers in docks- poor labour conditions

Question 7

what is the demography/past characteristics like?

Answer 7

-78% are white
-7% African/carribean
-mixed/other-15%
-toxteths cheap housing and demand for workers established migrant communities

Question 8

what is Toxteths culture?

Answer 8

-mosques, synagogues

Question 9

The cause of shifting flows

Answer 9

-Port is on the wrong side of UK as businesses switch to trade with European more
-deindustrialisation in the 80s( containerisation meant less dock workers needed, mersey too shallow, manufacturing begins to move abroad
- large unemployment caused civil unrest led to the “toxteth riots” in 1981

Question 10

What are the political characteristics?

Answer 10

-In the riverside ward of liverpools city council- there are 30 wards
-Rebranding ie the European Capital of culture 2008 which made £800million
-“Tate liverpool”- aet and culture

Question 11

What were the shifting flows?

Answer 11

-Eu funding for regeneration
-EU wind farm investment
-Liverpool science park
-Tate art gallery
-Many brownfield sites were reconstructed into mosques