When Anfield was Anne's field...
The name Anfield, so they say, comes from the 'Hangfields' or narrow strips of land which were there long before the famous football stadium came along.
Or does it? ‘This Is Anfield’, the official matchday programme, claims there may be an alternative origin.
A closer look at an Ordnance Survey map from 1845 shows buildings called Annfield House, Annfield Lodge and Annfield Cottage, none of which remain, plus Annfield Lane which eventually became Anfield Road.
There was also a St Ann’s Hill House. St Ann or St Anne, by pure coincidence, was often depicted in a red robe and known as the patron saint of sailors and a protector from storms.
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