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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 ...
- 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 ...
Apr 3, 2020 · But the fly in Aintree's historical ointment was the nearby racecourse at Maghull, in the same borough of Sefton. In 1827 landowner John Formby began racing horses on the flat there. And although beset by boggy conditions (made worse for spectators by heavy showers) it still managed to attract crowds.
Silver Birch got him off the mark in the 2007 Grand National before the lovable Tiger Roll went back-to-back in 2018 and 2019. Throughout the years major changes have been made to the fences at Aintree, but it’s still rare for more than half the field to complete the course, with a record-high of 23 finishing in 1984.
The history of Aintree Racecourse is essentially the history of the Grand National. Organised horseracing took place in the Liverpool area as long ago as the 16th century. But, the modern history of the racecourse begins with a Liverpool hotel owner named William Lynn, who in 1829, instigated flat racing on land at Aintree he had leased from the Earl of Sefton.
The current course, which stages races over conventional fences and hurdles, opened in 1839. A difficult period for Aintree in the post-war years led to a sale to a property developer and concerns about the future of the Grand National. Bookmaker Ladbrokes stepped in to manage the Grand National until 1984, when Seagram Distillers became sponsors.
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John married at the age of 57 and had three children. James, born 1786, ‘casually drowned in the canal at Aintree’ in 1794. Elizabeth, his only daughter lived in Aintree Lane until her death in 1857, age 85 years. RICHARD ABBEY lived at Abbey Farm, (where the Holy Rosary Church stands). He was an apprentice to John Sadler in 1767.
