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    The Mersey Railway

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    Bob Edwards
    , 10-10-2013 at 11:45 PM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    The Mersey Railway



    Records exist of a ferry service across the River Mersey between Birkenhead on the west bank and Liverpool on the east since the middle ages. In 1332 the monks of Birkenhead Priory were granted exclusive rights to operate a ferry; following the dissolution of the monasteries these rights passed
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