Mersey Minis Volume I: LANDING: John Leland (1539)

Lyrpole, alias Lyverpoole, a pavid towne, hath but a chapel. Walton a iiii miles of, not far from the sea is a paroche chirch. The king hath a castelet there, and the Earl of Darbe hath a stone howse there. Irisch merchants cum much thither, as to a good haven. After that Mersey water cumming towards Runcorne in Cheshire, is Runcorne Water. At Lyrpole is smaul custome payed, that causith marchantes to resorte thither. Good marchandis at Lyrpole, and much Irish yarrn that Manchester men do buy there.

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Henry Brooks ADAMS • Prince ALBERT • Reverend Richard Acland ARMSTRONG • John James AUDUBON • Joseph BALLARD • Lorenza Stevens BERBINEAU • Sir John BETJEMAN • Bryan BLUNDELL • Henry BOOTH • John BROPHY • William Wells BROWN • Karel CAPEK • Sir James CHADWICK • Dame Margaret COLE • Captain Greenvile COLLINS • Sir Neil COSSONS • Agnes COWPER • Samuel Sullivan COX • Geoff DAVIES • Daniel DEFOE • Samuel DERRICK • Charles DICKENS • Paul DU NOYER • Dr William Henry DUNCAN • Baron Charles DUPIN • The EDINBURGH REVIEW • Celia FIENNES • Margaret FULLER • Sir Frederick GIBBERD • Allen GINSBERG • Linda GRANT • Robert GRAVES • Niall GRIFFITHS • Saranda HADJARI • John HAMILTON • Edward Chambré HARDMAN • Sophia Peabody HAWTHORNE • Gerard Manley HOPKINS • Michael HOWARD • Quentin HUGHES • The ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS • Washington IRVING • Henry JAMES • Derek JEWELL • King JOHN • Reverend John JOHNS • Bishop James JONES • Carl Gustav JUNG • Johann Georg KOHL • Tony LANE • John LELAND • Stephen LEACOCK • John Winston LENNON • The LIVERPOOL REVIEW • Malcolm LOWRY • Sir Edwin LUTYENS • Lady Constance LYTTON • Sir Paul McCARTNEY • Herman MELVILLE • Hugh MILLER • Nicholas MONSARRAT • Edmund MOREL • Ramsay MUIR • Frederick Law OLMSTED • Libor PESEK • John Wellborn ROOT • Sir Ronald ROSS • Arthur RUBINSTEIN • Johanna SCHOPENHAUER • Walter Dixon SCOTT • Hugh SHIMMIN • Sir Henry Morton STANLEY • Olaf STAPLEDON • Ringo STARR • George STEPHENSON • Harriet Beecher STOWE • Henry STRIPE • Baroness Margaret THATCHER • Paul THEROUX • Nelly WEETON • Reverend John WESLEY • William WORDSWORTH

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The extracts in Mersey Minis are reproduced from original sources, many of which are historic and therefore sometimes using styles and language unfamiliar to modern readers. I have, however, in most cases retained the original spellings, punctuation and sometimes the grammatical mistakes so as not to impede the energy and flow of the writer, and to reflect the uniqueness and idioisyncracy of his or her account. The date given at the start of each extract is the date the writing refers to, and not necessarily when it was written or published.

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