Vauxhall area & Stockdale Street

Then, as now, immigrants tended to congregate in certain areas or enclaves. The Irish were no different during the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s. Within the city they tended to prefer living close to work, which in Liverpool’s case meant living near the docks. Favoured areas in the north included Scotland Road, Everton, Exchange, and Vauxhall, with Park Road, St. James Street, and Park Lane in the south.

Within the book the family lived in Vauxhall, on and around Stockdale Street, one of the areas with the worst housing, not only in Liverpool but in the whole country.  
 

Believed to be the corner of Marybone and Stockdale Street.

Believed to be Stockdale Street in the mid 1960s, before demolition.

Source: old print

Source: unknown

Source: old map prints