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Cholera at Melling's Yard
A cluster of cases affecting L&MR staff at Edge Hill
Cholera in Liverpool
In 1831 the second global cholera pandemic, the first to reach these shores, arrived in Gateshead to devastating effect. The Liverpool and Manchester press was naturally much exercised over the matter but neither city was fully prepared for the arrival of the dread disease in 1832. Liverpool history remembers the . . .
Clayton Square
Birthplace of modern railways?
The birthplace of modern railways?
Any number of places might claim to be the birthplace of modern railways but one that doesn't generally feature is the Clayton Square office of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company (L&MR) which opened in Liverpool some 190 years ago. This was before the company had track, . . .
Dale Street
The L&MR's Liverpool booking office
According to Gore's Directory, in 1829 George Ellwood was a stage-coach proprietor at 176 Dale Street working for Angel Inn and Star offices. By 1830 he had crossed the street literally and metaphorically and was working for the competition, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company (L&MR). Ellwood was in charge of the . . .