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Sunday 22 February 2009
Lime Street
Where did Lime Street name originate? Has it anything to do with the trees along the street. Pete
Hello Pete, the name derives from the Lime kilns on Lime Street. They where situated on the site where Lime Street Station is today. Across the road from the kilns was the Liverpool Infirmary and they petitioned the town council to have the kilns relocated because of the ill effects on patients health.
Rob Ainsworth Webmaster/Programme Secretary Liverpool History Society http://www.liverpoolhistorysociety.org.uk/
Hello Pete,
ReplyDeletethe name derives from the Lime kilns on Lime Street. They where situated on the site where Lime Street Station is today. Across the road from the kilns was the Liverpool Infirmary and they petitioned the town council to have the kilns relocated because of the ill effects on patients health.
Rob Ainsworth
Webmaster/Programme Secretary
Liverpool History Society
http://www.liverpoolhistorysociety.org.uk/