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Port Sunlight
was purpose built by William Hesketh Lever (later Lord
Leverhulme) starting in 1888 for the employees of Lever Brothers
soap factory (now part of Unilever). The name is derived from
Lever's most popular brand of cleaning agent, Sunlight.
Port Sunlight
contains 900 Grade II listed buildings, and was declared a
Conservation Area in 1978
In
1887, Lever began looking for a new site on which he could
expand his soap-making business, at that time based in
Warrington. He purchased 56 acres of unused marshy land at the
site which became Port Sunlight,
which was relatively flat, allowed space for expansion, and had
a prime location between the River Mersey and a railway line.
The garden village was founded to house his factory workers.
Lever personally helped to plan the village, and employed nearly
thirty different architects. Between 1899 and 1914, 800 houses
with a population of 3,500 were built, together with allotments
and public buildings including the Lady Lever Art Gallery, a
cottage hospital, schools, a concert hall, open air swimming
pool, church, and a temperance hotel. He also introduced schemes
for welfare, education and the entertainment of his workers, and
encouraged recreation and organisations which promoted art,
literature, science or music
Useful links for Port Sunlight
Port Sunlight Website
Port Sunlight RFC
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Port Sunlight
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Have you ever seen
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Port Sunlight Lady Lever Art Gallery
Port Sunlight War Memorial
Inside Port Sunlight War Memorial
Port Sunlight Lady Lever Art Gallery 1
Port Sunlight Lady Lever Art Gallery 2
Port Sunlight Lady Lever Art Gallery 3
Port Sunlight Lady Lever Art Gallery 4
Port Sunlight Lady Lever Art Gallery 5 |
