Explanation

Liverpool is situated on the banks of the River Mersey. 

It is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England.

It is located on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea

Founded: 1207

City status: 1880

Metropolitan borough: 1 April 1974

The name comes from the Old English lifer, meaning thick or muddy water, and pol, meaning a pool or creek.

Its name is first recorded around 1190 as Liuerpul