ell,
also an ex-borough member. Brougham-terrace, after Lord Brougham.
Hockenhall-alley is called after a very old Liverpool family.
Lord-street is named after Lord Molyneux. Redcross-street was so named
in consequence of a red obelisk which stood in the open ground, south of
St. George's Church. This street was originally called Tarleton's
New-street. Shaw-street was named after "Squire Shaw," who held much
property at Everton. Sir Thomas's Buildings is called after Sir Thomas
Johnson, who, when Mayor, benevolently caused St. James's Mount to be
erected as a means of employing the destitute poor in the severe winter
of 1767. Strand-street derived its name from being the strand or shore
of the river. Hunter-street and South Hunter-street, Maryland-street,
Baltimore-street, etc., were named after Mr. John Hunter, an eminent
merchant trading with the States, who dwelt in Mount Pleasant, and whose
gardens extended to Rodney-street.

CHAPTER VII.

In 1801, my wife being out of health, I was advised to take her from
town. As Everton was recommended by Dr. Parks, I looked about in that
neighbourhood, and after some difficulty obtained accommodation in a neat
farm-house which stood on the rise of the hill. I say it was with
difficulty that I could meet with the rooms I required, or any rooms at
all, for there were so few houses at Everton, and the occupants of them
so independent, that they seemed loth to receive lodgers on any terms.
It must appear strange to find Everton spoken of as being "out of town,"
but it was literally so then. It was, comparatively speaking, as much so
as West Derby, or any of the neighbouring villages round Liverpool, are
at present.

The farm-house in which we resided has long since been swept away, with
its barns, its piggery, and its shippon. Never more will its cornricks
gladden the eye--never more will busy agricultural life be carried on in
its precincts. Streets and courts full of houses cumber the ground. No
more will the lark be heard over the cornfield--the brook seen running
its silvery course--or the apple in the orchard reddening on the bending
bough. The lark is represented by a canary in a gilded cage hanging out
of a first-floor window--the corn-field by the baker's shop, with flour
at eight pounds for a shilling--the brook is a sewer, and the apple is
only seen at the greengrocer's shop at the corner, in company with
American cheese, eggs, finnon-haddies, and