Liverpool
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- Names
Liverpool
Litherpol
Liverpol
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- England's sixth largest port, Liverpool rapidly expanded due to trade with the Americas and the West Indies in the 18th century. The first dock opened in 1715 and is now 7 miles long. The city was the destination of many Irish immigrants during the Irish famine (1845-1848). During World War II, it was heavily bombed.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986); Blue Guide: England (1980); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); Oxford: English Place Names (1960); USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
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