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	<title>Historic Liverpool</title>
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	<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk</link>
	<description>Mapping the history of Liverpool</description>
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		<title>Roscommon Street</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/roscommon-street</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/roscommon-street#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Streets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Roscommon Street is a street in Everton, on the edge of Everton Park. It once sat between Cornwall Street and Sackville Street. It is now bordered on the south side by green space, and on the north side by Langrove Street.]]></description>
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		<title>Plan of Liverpool &#8211; Royal Atlas of England and Wales (1898)</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpool-royal-atlas-of-england-and-wales-1898</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpool-royal-atlas-of-england-and-wales-1898#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Old Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collegiate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lime Street Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Infirmary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tunnel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waterloo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Derby Union]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/?p=1903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a more detailed map to accompany the smaller-scale Environs of Liverpool map from the Royal Atlas of England and Wales, published in 1898. Although not covering nearly as great an area as the other map, this plan includes the names of individual roads, docks, railway stations, parks and the grounds of the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environs of Liverpool &#8211; Royal Atlas of England and Wales (1898)</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/environs-of-liverpool-royal-atlas-of-england-and-wales-1898</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/environs-of-liverpool-royal-atlas-of-england-and-wales-1898#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Old Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birkenhead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west derby]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/?p=1896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This historic map covers a wide area &#8211; in fact there is a second frame attached which shows the Environs of Manchester from the same volume, the Royal Atlas of England and Wales. Because of its size and coverage, details are harder to see compared to the two old Plans of Liverpool, the North Sheet [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Plan of Liverpool &#8211; South Sheet (1890)</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/plan-of-liverpool-south-sheet-1890</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/plan-of-liverpool-south-sheet-1890#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Old Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Dock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Princes Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sefton Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxteth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wavertree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west derby]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/?p=1886</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the south half of a detailed plan of Liverpool published in 1890. It is incredibly detailed, showing every road name, paths within the parks, and even individual buildings in some streets (where those buildings were big enough). There’s also an index to road names down two sides, making it easy to look up [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Plan of Liverpool &#8211; North Sheet (1890)</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/plan-of-liverpool-north-sheet-1890</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/plan-of-liverpool-north-sheet-1890#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Old Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Everton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirkdale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vauxhall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walton-on-the-Hill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/?p=1878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the north half of a detailed plan of Liverpool published in 1890. It is incredibly detailed, showing every road name, paths within the parks, and even individual buildings in some streets (where those buildings were big enough). There&#8217;s also an index to road names down two sides, making it easy to look up [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bacon&#8217;s Map of Liverpool (1885)</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/bacon-1885</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/bacon-1885#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Old Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1885]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birkendhead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knowsley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liverpool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Helens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wirral]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/?p=1868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This map of Liverpool by G. W. Bacon (called &#8220;The Environs of Liverpool&#8221;) was published in around 1885. It shows street-level detail, although only the names of the major roads are marked. The map covers the Wirral and the Mersey in the west, stretching across Liverpool to St. Helens in the east. The most distinctive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Port of Liverpool Building</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/port-of-liverpool-building</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/port-of-liverpool-building#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historic Buildings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/?p=1773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there’s not yet a full article on the Port of Liverpool Building. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. If you’d like to request that I focus my attentions on this page, feel [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cunard Building</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/cunard-building</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/cunard-building#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historic Buildings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/?p=1771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there’s not yet a full article on the Cunard Building. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. If you’d like to request that I focus my attentions on this page, feel free to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liver Building</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liver-building</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liver-building#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historic Buildings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/?p=1722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there’s not yet a full article on the Liver Building. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. If you’d like to request that I focus my attentions on this page, feel free to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Meols</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/meols</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/meols#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on Meols. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of Merseyside article, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Duttons Farm, Lathom</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/duttons-farm-lathom</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/duttons-farm-lathom#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on Duttons Farm, Lathom. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/duttons-farm-lathom/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Camp Hill</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/camp-hill</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/camp-hill#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on Camp Hill. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of Merseyside [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mill Hill Road Hillfort</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/mill-hill-road-hillfort</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/mill-hill-road-hillfort#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on the Mill Hill Road hillfort. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Woodhouse Hillfort</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/woodhouse-hillfort</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/woodhouse-hillfort#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on Woodhouse Hillfort. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of Merseyside [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wavertree Pots</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/wavertree-pots</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/wavertree-pots#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on the Wavertree pots. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Calderstones</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/calderstones</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/calderstones#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on the Calderstones. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of Merseyside [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/calderstones/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Little Crosby Tools</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/little-crosby-tools</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/little-crosby-tools#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on the Little Crosby Tools. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/little-crosby-tools/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hale Tools</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/hale-tools</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/hale-tools#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on the Hale tools. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/hale-tools/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tarbock Settlement</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/tarbock-settlement</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/tarbock-settlement#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on the Tarbock settlement. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/tarbock-settlement/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Irby Settlement</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/irby-settlement</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/irby-settlement#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on the Irby settlement. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/irby-settlement/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Greasby Copse</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/greasby-copse</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/greasby-copse#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on Greasby Copse. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of Merseyside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Formby Footprints</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/formby-footprints</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/formby-footprints#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on the Formby Footprints. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brunt Boggart</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/brunt-boggart</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/brunt-boggart#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on Brunt Boggart. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of Merseyside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Farm</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/court-farm</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/court-farm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://maps.historic-liverpool.co.uk/openlayers/site_core/?p=1039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there&#8217;s not yet a full article on Court Farm. The newly-relaunched Historic Liverpool allows me to spend much more time writing new articles, so there should be a proper article here in the not too distant future. As this is a prehistoric site, there&#8217;s probably a bit of information in the Prehistory of Merseyside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brook House Farm</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/brook-house-farm</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/brook-house-farm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brook House Farm is the name given to an Iron Age farmstead site in Halewood. It consists of an enclosure surrounded by two ditches (one large and one small), and was discovered via an aerial photograph in 1990. The site was excavated in advance of the building of the junction between the A5300 and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liverpool Through the Ages</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpool-through-the-ages</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpool-through-the-ages#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 13:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liverpool through time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can explore Liverpool&#8217;s history across the ages via the articles linked to below: The Natural Landscape The geology and topography of Merseyside has had a huge influence on the growth and development of Liverpool. This geology formed millions of years ago, and was shaped in later eons by massively thick ice sheets flowing slowly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liverpool&#8217;s Historic Townships</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpools-historic-townships</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpools-historic-townships#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 00:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liverpool through time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Historic Liverpool includes histories of Liverpool&#8217;s townships. From the Oxford English Dictionary, via Wikpedia: In England, a township (Latin &#8211; villa) is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church. A township may (or may not) be co-terminous with a chapelry, manor, or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>From Liverpool&#8217;s Founding to the Civil War</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/from-liverpools-founding-to-the-civil-war</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/from-liverpools-founding-to-the-civil-war#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liverpool through time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John had chosen this position for his new borough for two reasons: on a large scale it was in an excellent position from which the King could start Irish campaigns. On a smaller scale, it was a defensible landscape, with the raised promontory on which the castle would later stand, and the views to all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Street Cross</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/church-street-cross</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/church-street-cross#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hidden History]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Church Street cross is a brass maltese cross which can be seen at the entrance to the passage through to School Lane, in front of what was HMV. The plaque stands at the position of the altar inside St. Peter&#8217;s Church, which used to stand on this site, and which gave Church Street its [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Williamson Tunnels</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/williamson-tunnels</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/williamson-tunnels#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hidden History]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Williamson Tunnels are the maze-like remains of the work of Joseph Williamson under the streets of east central Liverpool (see map, left), constructed in the early part of the 19th Century. Williamson had bought land on Mason Street on which to build houses. In the years following his purchase, he employed a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>River Alt</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/alt</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/alt#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The River Alt flows north east through Lancashire and Merseyside. It rises in Huyton township at the Hag Plantation, and flows through Croxteth Park, West Derby and Maghull, then flows out to the Mersey between Crosby and Formby. St Helens Gutter, as the Alt is known between Aintree and Maghull, was once the name of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalfields</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/coalfields</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/coalfields#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The coal outcrop at Croxteth is a small outcrop of relatively poor coal. It is part of the larger south-west Lancashire Coal Measures, which carry on into north-east Wales. The coal at Croxteth is exposed as it falls along the Croxteth Fault line which runs in a north-west/south-east direction, roughly along the line of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ditton Brook</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/ditton-brook</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/ditton-brook#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ditton Brook makes up the northern boundary of Halewood, and flows in a south-westerly direction before flowing out into the River Mersey between the town of Ditton and Hale Bank. Along with the River Alt, this river flows down a valley carved out when glacial ice pushed south from what is now the Irish Sea. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Peat Mosslands</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/peat</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/peat#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This section will describe the peat mosslands which once covered large areas of Merseyside, and their impact on Liverpool&#8217;s history.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shirdley Hill Sand</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/shirdley-sand</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/shirdley-sand#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shirdley Sand is a vast swathe of sand deposited by wind since the last glaciation. It spreads from the Sefton Coast several kilometres inland, and can create dunes up to 75m (246ft) tall. The sandy nature of the Sefton coast has made it attractive for human use for centuries. Shirdley Sand has been extracted for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Merseyside Uplands</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/merseyside-uplands</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/merseyside-uplands#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The uplands of Merseyside have had an important influence on Merseyside and Liverpool throughout the region&#8217;s history. During the last glacial period, ice sheets drove in from the north west and moved south towards the midlands. As they did so, they created the Mersey channel, the Alt and Ditton Brook channels, and the Dee estuary, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>River Mersey</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/mersey</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/mersey#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Mersey valley was created during the last ice age, when deep glaciers moved inland from what is now the Irish Sea, carving iceways later occupied by the Mersey, the Dee, the mid-Wirral channel and the Alt-Ditton valley. These iceways remained when the glaciers retreated, and the melt-water filled in the hollows creating the rivers [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liverpool&#8217;s Natural Landscape</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpools-natural-landscape</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpools-natural-landscape#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liverpool through time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although the most obvious parts of today's city are the result of human actions over the past 300 years, the very foundations on which Liverpool was built are much older than this.]]></description>
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		<title>Medieval Merseyside</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/medieval-merseyside</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/medieval-merseyside#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liverpool through time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By the beginning of the fifth century AD the Roman Empire was in disarray. The final garrisons left these shores during Constantine&#8217;s reign, around AD407. Left behind were the British, the indigenous population (albeit with some inevitable mixing with the Roman incomers). The Germanic tribes migrating around mainland Europe at this time (and contributing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Prehistory of Merseyside</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/the-prehistory-of-merseyside</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/the-prehistory-of-merseyside#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liverpool through time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Humans have lived on Merseyside for millennia. Ancient footprints are preserved in the Crosby sand, remains of a burial mound sit in the suburbs, and evidence shows the Romans weren&#8217;t all that far away. In this Section: The Palaeolithic The Mesolithic (&#8216;Middle Stone Age&#8217;) The later Mesolithic and the start of the Neolithic The Neolithic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Childwall</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/childwall</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/childwall#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Childwall is a township of monastic fakery, a surprising number of streams, wells and brooks, and has maintained a green, sometimes park-like appearance across centuries. Monastic Fakery Watery Township The Edge of the City Childwall Through the Centuries &#8211; Maps Childwall as a Village (1849-50) The Railway Arrives (1894) Little Change (1908) Childwall Joins the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>History of Allerton</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/allerton</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/allerton#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Allerton is a green and pleasant land of parks, mansions and &#8216;neatly-kept hedges&#8217;. Early maps show that it remained &#8211; like much of suburban Liverpool &#8211; entirely rural until the middle of the 19th Century. From that time, the area became dotted with the homes of wealthy merchants. These have survived into today&#8217;s landscape, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Bootle</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/bootle</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/bootle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bootle began its history as a large, well-defined village completely separate from Liverpool. But as the city expanded, Bootle found itself well-placed during the expansion in the Industrial Revolution. It soon bulged with incoming labourers, who took advantage of the tram and rail networks to get to work at the docks, and became packed with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Aintree</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/aintree</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/aintree#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aintree is located at the north end of Liverpool. It remained as a tiny village until the 20th Century, before expanding rapidly, spurred by the race course, and the siting of new housing and industry during and after the Second World War. Tiny Beginnings, Industrial Expansion Horses and Cars at Aintree Racecourse From an acorn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Fazakerley</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/fazakerley</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 13th Century Fazakerley was one of the Walton town fields, adjacent to which grew a hamlet, and later the town. Fazakerly, 1321; Phesacrelegh, 1333 (VCH Lancs, III) Fazakerley is separated from Walton by the Fazakerley, or Tue Brook, and from West Derby by the Sugar Brook, up to where it is spanned by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Hale</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/hale</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/hale#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The north boundary of the township was (and still is) formed mainly by Ram&#8217;s Brook. The landscape is flat, with Lombardy poplars in plantations and farms. Henry II placed part of the township within the hunting forest, although it was disafforested again by Henry III. Name: Hales, 1176; Hale, 1201 &#8211; the universal spelling from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Garston</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/garston</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/garston#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Garston lies on the banks of the Mersey, to the south of Liverpool city centre, and Toxteth. It is separated from the latter by the Otterspool. Two other brooks once flowed through the area, one of which flowed through the village and into the river. It was noted in the early 20th Century that coastal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Halewood</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/halewood</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/halewood#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Halewood lies between the old course of the Ditton Brook to the north, and Ram&#8217;s Brook to the south. Halebank, on the Mersey, is the site of Lovel&#8217;s Hall, a large moated house. Several wide, main roads cross the open country. Marshland and mudbanks dominate the banks of the Mersey here. The fields along the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Huyton</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/huyton</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/huyton#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was no clear boundary between the townships of Huyton and Roby, to the south west of Huyton, but the boundary with Whiston was by a brook running through Tarbock to join Ditton Brook. Hitune, Domesday; Houton, 1258; Huton, 1278; Hyton and Huyton, 1292. The last form is the most common spelling from 1300. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Kirkdale</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/kirkdale</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/kirkdale#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kirkdale occupies an area of flat land on the banks of the Mersey, formerly consisting of sandhills, for which this part of the Sefton coast is still well known. It is one of the oldest coastal settlements, predating Liverpool itself, and containing evidence for centuries of human occupation. Chirchedale, Domesday; Kirkedale, 1185; Kierkedale, 1200. Origins: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Liverpool</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpool</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/liverpool#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before King John discovered the Liverpool&#8217;s potential as a launchpad for his Irish campaigns, there was little more than a few scattered settlements on the north bank of the Mersey. However, the creation of the borough, and the granting of rights for entrepreneurs over the next few centuries ensured a rapid growth on both the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Speke</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/speke</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/speke#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speke has always been a large township on the banks of the Mersey. Speke village itself never grew in size like the inner suburbs of Everton and Toxteth, but the large expanses of flat land attracted industry in the 20th Century, and large housing estates and industrial complexes grew up here. However, problems associated with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Toxteth</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/toxteth</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/toxteth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[knott's hole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[otterspool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxteth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west derby]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toxteth has a very long history of its own. Entering history as two manors, the area became a hunting forest, and a Royal Park. For almost 400 years this prevented the area from changing or developing to any great extent, and the amount of agriculture that was allowed in the forest was very small. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Walton</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/walton</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/walton#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Walton-on-the-Hill has always been a very large township, containing some of the familiar suburbs in north Liverpool. At the north of the township is Warbreck, on the border with Aintree. The Guildhouses were also to the north. Spellow, Anfield, Walton Breck (also known as Cabbage Hall after an old pub) and Newsham run from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Wavertree</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/wavertree</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/wavertree#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The highest part of the township is in the centre and to the north, at over 200 feet above sea level. The village itself stands at the highest part, on the road from Liverpool to Woolton, and known here as High Street. At the beginning of the 20th Century Wavertree was already a town, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of West Derby</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/westderby</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/westderby#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Derby was once the centre of administration in the north west of England. As well as the seat of the Molyneux family, the township had its own castle and courthouse. However, as Liverpool grew in importance, the district was overshadowed by its near neighbour, and evolved into a wealthy suburb in the 19th Century. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Woolton</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/woolton</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/woolton#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Woolton is a very old centre of settlement in the north west. Situated in the southern part of the city today, historically it consisted of two distinct areas &#8211; Much Woolton and Little Woolton. Uveton, Domesday Book; Wlvinton, 1188; Wolventon, 1305; Wolvinton, 1341; the common form is Wolveton, with variants Wolfeton (1347), disclosing the local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Croxteth Park</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/croxtethpark</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/croxtethpark#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Townships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Croxteth Park was part of the large hunting forest of Toxteth from the 12th Century onwards. This meant that it kept its green and rural character right up until the end of the 20th Century. Croxtath, 1228, 1297; Crocstad, 1257; Croxthat, 1330. (VCH Lancs: III) Origins of the name: Possibly from the Old English, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pool</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/the-pool</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/the-pool#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pool is arguably one of the major reasons for Liverpool&#8217;s existence. Although King John was looking for a suitable place from which to launch ships to Ireland, not just any location on the west coast of England would do. Although the Pool is completely invisible today it played a major part in the whole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Everton</title>
		<link>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/everton</link>
		<comments>http://historic-liverpool.co.uk/everton#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Greaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The highest point in the district is St. George&#8217;s Church, with the ground sloping away rapidly to the north and west. The ridge on which the village stands extends to Low Hill and Edge Hill, and the foot of the ridge is the western boundary of the township. The centre of the old village is, [...]]]></description>
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