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    Aintree is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies between Walton and Maghull on the A59 road, 6 miles (10 kilometres) northeast of Liverpool city centre. In 2011 the parish had a population of 6689. It is best known as the site of Aintree Racecourse, which since ...

  2. Liverpool (619 Pictures) a Historic City in the county of Merseyside. (5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction SW of Aintree) World famous for it's football team and the birthplace of the Beatles , from early humble origins Liverpool, over the centuries has grown and developed to become one of the most.....

    • Tiny Beginnings, Industrial Expansion
    • Horses and Cars at Aintree Racecourse
    • From An Acorn Ain Mighty Oak
    • Bibliography

    Aintree’s great advantages for industry are its landscape and location. Factories could expand across the flat open land, attracting more and more workers. Housing could be built in huge chunks so workers could live close by. Products from the factories moved quickly to Liverpool and its docks. Even the military realised the possibilities, and site...

    The more recent history of Aintree is inseparable from the racecourse and the Grand National. Horse racing was a popular sport in Liverpool from at least Tudor times. In the 18th century Nicholas Blundell organised races on the sands at Crosby and the Derby was run here in 1780. William Lynn, landlord of the Waterloo Hotel in Aintree, created a rac...

    Domesday Book makes no mention of Aintree. It was a small part of West Derby, and came under that place’s entry. The flat and featureless place may have gained it the name ‘One Tree [and little else!]’. But once people drained the boggy land and industries moved in, the landscape worked in its favour. The proximity of Liverpool was the perfect way ...

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