65 Shaw Street, Everton where Edward Jones and his family lived in their early years. Liverpool College or Collegiate where William was educated is just accross the way. Having inherited the former Halsall estate from John Shaw not long before, Thomas Shaw realised sometime about 1826 that, to avoid a lengthy detour, it would be convenient for there to be a link between Moss Street and Netherfield Road. He therefore arranged for the laying out of a new road, to be called Shaw Street. This quickly became a prestigious residential area with the first house being built in 1829.

Miniature Portrait 1831 of Edward Jones by Thomas Hargreaves