TOXTETH-PARK, a district (extra-parochial), in the
hundred of WEST-DERBY, county palatine of LANCASTER,
3 miles (S. E.) from Liverpool, containing 12,829
inhabitants. This place, which is delightfully situated
on the banks of the Mersey, was anciently a park
belonging to the Dukes of Lancaster, and afterwards
passed to the Molyneaux family. In consequence of
its proximity to Liverpool, it has become the residence
of numerous merchants, manufacturers, retired tradesmen,
&c., and several new streets have been formed
within the last few years. It is supposed to have
formerly been included in the parish of Walton on the
Hill, to which it still pays tithes, though commonly
deemed extra-parochial. It possesses two chapels,
dedicated to St. James and St. Michael, the latter consecrated
in 1818: they are in the patronage of the Rector
of Walton. There is a place of worship for Unitarians.