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'''Liverpool''' was a minor port town of [[Lancashire]], north-west [[England]], awarded a borough charter by King [[John]] in 1208. However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that Liverpool developed into a major global city. This prominence was based largely on trade, including [[tobacco]], [[sugar]] and a major involvement in the [[Slave Trade]]. Although the slave trade was abolished in the [[British Empire]] in 1806, Liverpool continued to flourish as an industrial, trade and financial industries center. Liverpool has the largest number of listed buildings outside of [[London]],and more notable Georgian buildings than [[Bath]]. The Liverpool waterfront is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].

'''Liverpool''' is a city in north-west [[England]].  It was a minor port town of [[Lancashire]] awarded a borough charter by King [[John]] in 1208, but in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Liverpool developed into a major global city. This prominence was based largely on trade, including [[tobacco]], [[sugar]] and a major involvement in the [[Slave Trade]]. Although the slave trade was abolished in the [[British Empire]] in 1806, Liverpool continued to flourish as an industrial, trade and financial industries centre. Liverpool has the largest number of listed buildings outside of [[London]],and more notable Georgian buildings than [[Bath]]. The Liverpool waterfront is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].

Liverpool is noted for its two cathedrals, [[Anglican]] and [[Roman Catholic]].  The former, a traditional design from the early 1900s, is built from local sandstone.  The Catholic cathedral built in a modern style during the 1970s is affectionately known as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel - a pun on the pioneering Mersey Tunnel constructed under the river between Liverpool and [[Birkenhead]].

Liverpool is noted for its two cathedrals, [[Anglican]] and [[Roman Catholic]].  The former, a traditional design from the early 1900s, is built from local sandstone.  The Catholic cathedral built in a modern style during the 1970s is affectionately known as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel - a pun on the pioneering Mersey Tunnel constructed under the river between Liverpool and [[Birkenhead]].

Liverpool is the European Capital Of Culture for 2008.

Liverpool is the European Capital Of Culture for 2008.

The city currently has a population of approximately 450,000, known as Liverpudlians (and nicknamed 'Scousers' after a local dish), with the wider [[Merseyside]] region having a population of 1.5 million. The city itself contains suburbs such as Aigburth, West Derby, [[Aintree]] and [[Knotty Ash]]. The popular culture and of Liverpool has been portrayed by the author and dramatist Carla Lane in a number of highly-regarded television dramas including "The Liver Birds" and "Bread". Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale are also noted playwrights from Liverpool.  Bleasdale effectively portrayed the misery and deprivation of 1980s Liverpool in dramas such as ''The Black Stuff'', while Russell, probably the most well-known of current Liverpool writers has enjoyed huge success with offerings such as ''Educating Rita'', ''Blood Brothers'' and ''Shirley Valentine''.

The city currently has a population of approximately 450,000, known as Liverpudlians (and nicknamed 'Scousers' after a local dish), with the wider [[Merseyside]] region having a population of 1.5 million. The city itself contains suburbs such as Aigburth, West Derby, [[Aintree]] and [[Knotty Ash]]. The popular culture and of Liverpool has been portrayed by the author and dramatist Carla Lane in a number of highly-regarded television dramas including "The Liver Birds" and "Bread". Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale are noted playwrights from Liverpool.  Bleasdale effectively portrayed the misery and deprivation of 1980s Liverpool in dramas such as ''The Black Stuff'', while Russell, probably the most well-known of current Liverpool writers has enjoyed huge success with offerings such as ''Educating Rita'', ''Blood Brothers'' and ''Shirley Valentine''.

== Notable Persons ==

== Notable People ==

British [[Prime Minister]] [[Harold Wilson]] later Lord Wilson of Rievaulx was [[Member of Parliament]] for the Liverpool constituency of Huyton from 1945 until 1979.

British [[Prime Minister]] [[Harold Wilson]] later Lord Wilson of Rievaulx was [[Member of Parliament]] for the Liverpool constituency of Huyton from 1945 until 1979.