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Toxteth is an area of Inner-city Liverpool , England , starting approximately a Mile south from the city centre. The area is roughly located in the pseudo triangle formed by Sefton Street ( A5036 , along the river), Upper Parliament Street eleading into Smithdown Road ( A562 ) and Ullet Road ( B5342 ). It is also known as "Liverpool 8" after the former postal district (now the "L8" Postcode area). However, the L8 post code also includes several other adjoining areas such as Canning . Politically, the Parliamentary Constituency ( Liverpool Riverside ) is held by the Labour Party (although the MP, Louise Ellman , actually represents the Co-operative Party , a Labour Party affiliate whose candidates stand as "Labour and Co-operative"), whilst the the council Ward (Princes Park) has two Labour councillors and one Liberal Democrat councillor. The latter, ( Ali Mohammed Mahmoud ), is also the first local councillor of Somali origin. The area has a high percentage of student and ethnic minority residents, and continues to suffer from poverty and urban degradation. House prices reflect this; in summer 2003 , the average property price was just £ 45,929 (compared to the national average of £160,625). Housing in Toxteth tends to be in terraces but there is a growing number of flats available as larger Victorian properties (particularly around the Princes Road/Avenue boulevard) are broken up into separate dwellings. HISTORY Toki Staith is thought to be the Viking , 9th Century Origin , meaning "landing place of Toki." The settlement of Toxteth can be found mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086 . Puritans from Bolton settled in Toxteth park a royal hunting park. Setting up 25 farms on land outside Church Of England control, which became '''Toxtth Village''', they worshiped at the "Ancient Chapel" of Toxteth on Park Road. In the 18th and 19th Century, as Liverpool expanded the ancient park of Toxteth was gradually urbanised. Large Georgian and Victorian houses were built, especially along the tree-lined Princess Road/Avenue boulevard area, and the district quickly became home to the wealthy merchants of Liverpool. Today, the Canning area, at the north of the Toxteth boundary, features many fine examples of Georgian Architecture , including many fine examples of buildings constructed for ritual use. Toxteth is the home of the last remaining significant part of the Liverpool Overhead Railway , the underground sections of the Park Road station at the end of the railway's south extension tunnel. Liverpool's post WWII decline took its toll on Toxteth, with the combination of successive immigrations during the 1950s and 1960s , continued rises in unemployment in the city, lack of government action, and general poverty, leading to the Riots that took place in July 1981 , for which the area is probably most famous. FAMOUS PEOPLE
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