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LHS Articles

Why Not Drown Liverpool? Welsh water for an English city

What were you hoping could still be saved on 21st November 1956? The Liverpool Overhead Railway perhaps? On that day […]

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Liverpool Firsts

1007 – First mention of the River Mersey, in a deed from the reign of Ethelread II, the name is […]

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800 Years of History

In 2007, Liverpool was 800 years old! No medieval buildings survive in the city centre but the ancient street pattern […]

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The ‘Lost Villages’ of Garston & Speke

As people drive through Garston and Speke, on their journeys in and out of the City or to visit the […]

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Dr Duncan

References by Dr DUNCAN to the Board of Health on the condition of the graveyards. The seven burial ground which […]

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Shaw Street, Everton

Members and visitors may be interested in some of the buildings and structures in the area surrounding “Hope at Everton”, […]

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The Rathbones

From Welfare to Politics The founder of the family, William (I) was a yeoman farmer in Gawsworth. The worth of […]

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Prescot Turnpike

With the rapid development of Liverpool from 1700 onwards there was an increasing need for ‘coales’ that could not be […]

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Liverpool Theatres

Liverpool Playhouse Theatre The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool and is the […]

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