How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay
Frances Wilson, 2011. Bloomsbury Publishing. 328 pages, 64 black and white photos and illustrations. Hardback £18.99 / Paperback £8.99. But both versions are available on eBay at 99p plus £1.80 p&p or Amazon at 1p plus £2.80 p&p. ISBN 978-1-4088-0922-8 (hardback) and 978-1-4088-2815-1 (paperback). The story of the Liverpool-registered and owned White Star liner Titanic […]
The Liverpool Masonic Rebellion and the Wigan Grand Lodge – David Harrison
2012. Arima Publishing. 113 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. Paperback. ISBN 978-1-84549-561-9. £9.99. This is the third in a series by Masonic historian Dr Harrison concerning aspects of the history of English Freemasonry. As the text on the back cover comments, the book traces ‘the strange tale of the last great Masonic rebellion in England which […]
‘Liverpool Unitarians: Faith and Action’
‘Essays exploring the lives and contributions to society of notable figures in Liverpool Unitarian history’ Edited by Daphne Roberts and David Steers. 2014. The Merseyside and District Missionary Association. 128 pages. 52 black and white photographs. Paperback. ISBN 978-0-9929031-0-7. Cover price is £10 although not available in retail outlets. Concessionary price to LHS members £8: […]
In the Footsteps of Peter Ellis
Two Liverpool History Society members walk in the footsteps of Liverpool’s elusive architectural genius, Peter Ellis. Written by Graham Jones and the late Rob Ainsworth, designed by Matthew Duddington and published by the Liverpool History Society, this book traces the life of a local architect from his birth in 1805 on Shaw’s Brow to his death […]
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Toxteth Park Cemetery Hugh Stowell Brown Old Newspaper Transcriptions The Mole of Edge Hill Friends of Liverpool Monuments St. James Cemetery Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire All about the Liver Bird The Atheanaeum Galkoff`s Kosher Butcher`s Shop Historical outlines of Liverpool The History of Liverpool Astronomical Society Old Christ Church Waterloo The History of World […]
Liverpool Firsts
1007 – First mention of the River Mersey, in a deed from the reign of Ethelread II, the name is old English from Maere, meaning boundary 1166 – First mention of Liverpool, in a deed of the Earl of Mortain, later King John. 1207 – King John signed a Royal Charter, creating the borough of […]
800 Years of History
In 2007, Liverpool was 800 years old! No medieval buildings survive in the city centre but the ancient street pattern is still there. What follows is a summary of the city’s history, a tour of its seven original streets, now flanked by Victorian and more recent buildings and a description of some of the new […]
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 local retail, commercial, and enterprise parks, few realise that this entire district, with its large residential community, is a place of historic importance and with a considerable heritage. Garston Village Garston is one of Liverpool’s […]
Dr Duncan
References by Dr DUNCAN to the Board of Health on the condition of the graveyards. The seven burial ground which bodies are disposed of in Pits are those attached to the Wesleyan Chapel Stanhope St, St Patrick’s Catholic Chapel Park Rd, St Anthony’s Scotland Rd, St James, Necropolis, St Mary’s Kirkdale and the Parish cemetery […]
Shaw Street, Everton
Members and visitors may be interested in some of the buildings and structures in the area surrounding “Hope at Everton”, our regular meeting place since 2003. On this page you will find an illustration of how a Victorian artist imagined Shaw Street looked in 1790, a sadly neglected memorial, a vanished church, and two notable […]
