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Early in the Victorian era, the Select Committee on the Health of Towns reported in 1840 that Liverpool's court housing were unventilated, had minimal sanitary provisions and were filthy. Water was from a single communal pipe that could be cut-off if the tenant fell into debt. From 1861, Liverpool banned the construction of back-to-back houses. [3]
Panorama of Liverpool c.1850 Map of Liverpool 1849 Map of Liverpool in 1866 Liverpool continued to grow throughout the Victorian period from a population of 165,000 in 1831 to 685,000 by 1901. [ 33 ] This meant a growing demand for housing and other buildings.
In 1960, 50 local authority clearance figures suggested long-term problems in addressing slums. Through the period 1955–1960, of the estimated 416,706 dwellings deemed unfit, only 62,372 had been cleared by 1960. The authority with the highest number of unfit homes was Liverpool with around 88,000, closely followed by Manchester. [16]
Gateacre was officially absorbed into Liverpool in 1913, but did not become part of the city's metropolitan area until the post-war period. In the 1950s and 1960s, large scale housing developments occurred in and around Gateacre, with Gateacre Community Comprehensive School and a shopping centre being built. In order to protect the area's ...
The Conservative local authority builds the first council housing in Europe, St Martin's Cottages ... 1960 January: John Lennon ... Picture of Liverpool; or, Stranger ...
The Liverpool Echo reported in 1960 that some of the worst blocks of housing in the area where around Falkner Street. [2] New build redevelopment around the area was announced in 1969, with the aim being to build new accommodation to "embody in the plan many of the existing buildings" in an attempt to make new builds "blend in" with existing ...
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Expansions of Liverpool boundaries in 1835, 1895, 1902, 1905 and 1913. The history of Liverpool can be traced back to 1190 when the place was known as 'Liuerpul', possibly meaning a pool or creek with muddy water, though other origins of the name have been suggested.