Originally Posted by
acr
Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone knows what the pre-1974 (Local Govt Reorg) city boundaries looked like ie. how much of Liverpool was lost to Knowsley when that particular authority was created.
I understand that Halewood used to be part of Liverpool, and Huyton/Roby maybe ? Am also aware that Liverpool Corporation had a hand in the creation or Kirkby but was it ever formally part of Liverpool. I also read somewhere that the Corporation purchase a large chunk of land from Lord Derby's estate around Knowsley in the 1930's which was used to create Cantril Farm etc....Does the use of an Lxx postcode (eg L26 Halewood, L36 Huyton) indicate an ex-part of Liverpool of where L postcodes assigned to areas outside the boundaries ?
Ta,
Ade
I can't give a complete answer, but here's what I know.
Huyton-with-Roby was separate from Liverpool from 1894 to 1974. It came under Lancashire County Council. When I was going school in Dovecot (1940-1947), a number of my classmates came from across the "border". They lived in the Swanside area across Pilch Lane. When we reached the 11 plus stage, They went off to Prescot Grammar School while the rest of us went to Liverpool schools.
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In those days Dovecot was L14, but people who lived in Huyton-Roby didn't use a district number. Their address was usually "Huyton nr Liverpool" or something similar.
You can't assume that a Lxx postal code used to be part of Liverpool. For instance, my wife's family now live in Ormskirk L39, which was never part of Liverpool (or even Merseyside today)
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