Liverpool city

Liverpool

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  • 1207

    King John

    King John
    Liverpool appears to have sprung to life when King John granted it a Royal Charter in 1207. John needed to establish a port in northwest England from which he could quickly dispatch men and supplies across the sea to reinforce his interests in Ireland.
  • 1351

    First Mayor

    First Mayor
    A further charter granted to the folk of Liverpool allowed the merchants of Liverpool the right to form themselves into a guild. In medieval England, the Merchant’s Guild effectively ran the towns and the first Mayor of Liverpool was elected in 1351.

  • The war

    The war
    In 1642 the English Civil War between royalists loyal to the King and Parliament started. After changing hands a number of times Liverpool was attacked and the town eventually sacked by a royalist army led by Prince Rupert in 1644. Many of the townsfolk were killed in the battle.

  • WW2

    WW2
    During World War II, Liverpool represented an obvious target both as a strategic port and as an active manufacturing centre, and it became the second most bombed city in Britain. Almost 4,000 people perished and large areas of the city were reduced to rubble.