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Mersey Gateway - an online history of the port and its people

See its astonishing growth from humble beginnings to a gateway to the world.
Mersey flats   Mersey flats

Boats designed specially for travelling along the shallow waters of the River Mersey.
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The Origins of the Place-Name Litherland 

What is the origin of the place-name ‘Litherland’? Over the last two hundred years many scholars and historians have put forward their own suggestions and this story looks at some of them.
  The Origins of the Place-Name Litherland 
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Privateers   Privateers

Looks at the role played by privateering - where the Government encouraged private ships to fight and captured enemy ships.
Gateway to Learning
No Cotton Gloves required   No Cotton Gloves required
Feature specifically written as an introduction to archives. A series of 6 historical questions are considered and explored using original archive material.
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Browse the Site
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ON THIS DAY...
On this day
11 MARCH 1911
Aldey Hey Hospital
Foundation stone laid at Aldey Hey Hospital. Originally intended as a hospital for the poor it changed to helping sick children before it opened.

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Introducing some of the sources used on the site
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Liverpool airport gallery

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