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Aigburth, Merseyside

Aigburth maps

Historic maps of Aigburth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Aigburth maps

Aigburth map

Historic map of Aigburth

Merseyside map

Illustrated Victorian map of Merseyside

Aigburth map

Historic Map of any Aigburth postcode

Aigburth maps
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Aigburth photos

We have no photos of Aigburth, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Port Sunlight

Aigburth books

Displaying 3 of 5 books about Aigburth and the local area.   View all Aigburth books

The Wirral Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Merseyside Living Memories
Paperback
£14

Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

Aigburth books
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Memories of Aigburth

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Merseyside memories

A New York Child Travels to Bebington

Imagine my surprise, when I Googled Bebington from my apartment in New York City and up came a photograph of a row of houses opposite The Wirral Grammar School on Heath Road in Bebington, and one of them was my grandfather's! It is the left side of the first semi-detached house going from right to left in this picture.  As a... [more]

Shared on 19 June 2009

I lived in this road!

My parents moved to Higher Bebington Road in 1960. We lived almost at the bottom of the row of houses shown on the left hand side of the photo. I too played in the park and jumped through the gap in the hedge! When we moved in there were no houses on the opposite side of the road, they were... [more]

Shared on 14 April 2009 by Peter Lea.

Tracing family tree

Hi I am looking for any family on my father's sideof the family, my dad's name was Alan Waring, he had brothers Gillie and Walter/Wally Waring and a sister called Dulcie, I think they lived in Bebington for a while before moving to Eastham. My father's mother's name was Dorothy Stocker, if anyone could help I would appreciate it, many thanks.... [more]

Shared on 23 February 2009 by Valerie Waring.

The Roundabout

On the left hand side behind the wall you can just see the top of the roundabout that we used to play on, along with the swings. The wall marked the boundary of Higher Bebington Park. There was a gap in the hedge next to the telegraph pole where you could jump down from the wall which we used as... [more]

Shared on 09 September 2008 by Paul Griffiths.

Extracts From Aigburth & Merseyside books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Aigburth, inspired by Frith photos.

Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories

This is the original Adelphi Hotel: it was built in c1840 on the site of Adelphi Gardens by the Midland Railway Company, and was in direct competition with the London North Western Railway Hotel, which was further along Lime Street. The hotel we see here had a glass balcony, and a large portico entrance was added at the turn of the... [more]

Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories

Started in June 1838 to accommodate the Liverpool Music Festival, which was held every four years and had become a very popular event, St George's Hall is one of the greatest buildings in England. The designer Harvey Longsdale Elmes was only 23 when he won the design competition, firstly for the Music Hall and then for new Law Courts for Liverpool;... [more]

Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories

It was planned that around St George's Hall there would be unbuilt areas so as to show off the Hall, the grandest of the civic buildings. At the back is St John's Gardens, and in front is the open area of St George's Plateau. At the time of our photograph, it contained the equestrian statues of Prince Albert (1866) and Queen... [more]

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