Everyone knows it as Tuebrook - but Liverpool's road signs tell a different story.
There, it is spelt "Tue Brook", the name of a small river or stream which flows through the suburb of West Derby and is the main tributary of the River Alt. The brook now only runs underground, but is remembered in the name of Tuebrook ward.
The watercourse once formed the natural drainage of the districts of Walton and Clubmoor, flowing north eastwards to the Alt. Over time, as the suburbs of Liverpool grew, the brook came to receive much of the sewage of the township of West Derby, with the result that it became highly polluted.
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The Tue Brook was, as a result, the subject of a court case in 1872, when an owner of land through which it ran was successful in obtaining an injunction against polluters. Much of the brook was still open as late as the early 1900s, but urban development along its course resulted in the upper Tue Brook being mostly diverted underground, and the lower brook being similarly treated with the exception of some longer open stretches near Long Lane.
Despite this, the brook is still locally reputed to feed the pond in Larkhill Gardens, Clubmoor, and has been identified as a significant source of historic flooding, as the culverts are of inadequate size and in poor condition.
Veteran Tuebrook councillor Steve Radford said: "Historically Tuebrook has always been one word. The road signage is a recent phenomenon with no historical explanation.
"The signs have read 'Tue Brook' for many years, since the boundary review, but I couldn't justify making a big song and dance about re-designing road signs at public expense."
The road signage is the responsibility of Liverpool council's highways department. Asked to account for the "Tue Brook" spelling, a council spokesperson said: "As the signage dates back many years, we won’t have anyone in our highways team who could give a definitive answer. However, it could be a nod to the Tue Brook, after which the area was named."
