Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Thomas Leyland The Liverpool merchant and banker Thomas Leyland was one of the wealthiest people in the town, his fortune at the time of his death in 1827 was more than £736,000. Thomas Leyland was born in Knowsley in 1752. Nothing is known about Leyland's early life, but by 1768 he was living in Liverpool where he worked for an Irish merchant, Gerald Dillon, with whom he went into partnership. In 1776, they won £20,000 in the state lottery and, by 1782, Leyland was ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool The story begins in the 13th century. Liverpool received its charter from King John in 1207. A small stone chapel known as the Chapel of St Mary del Quay probably stood close to the site of the present tower overlooking a quay on the River Mersey. In the years 1355-61 a new chapel, dedicated to St Mary and ...
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