According to Wetherspoons: “There was once a Victorian warehouse on the site of this pub, occupied by manufacturing chemists, from the early 1900s into the 1950s. There was also a sizeable chemical factory next door. The chemical industry in Liverpool began in nearby Lime Street, originally called Lime Kiln Lane. The site of this bar occupies a car park where there was once a Victorian warehouse. In the 1890s, it housed brass founders and the Monserrat Lime Juice Company Stores.”According to Wetherspoons: “There was once a Victorian warehouse on the site of this pub, occupied by manufacturing chemists, from the early 1900s into the 1950s. There was also a sizeable chemical factory next door. The chemical industry in Liverpool began in nearby Lime Street, originally called Lime Kiln Lane. The site of this bar occupies a car park where there was once a Victorian warehouse. In the 1890s, it housed brass founders and the Monserrat Lime Juice Company Stores.”
According to Wetherspoons: “There was once a Victorian warehouse on the site of this pub, occupied by manufacturing chemists, from the early 1900s into the 1950s. There was also a sizeable chemical factory next door. The chemical industry in Liverpool began in nearby Lime Street, originally called Lime Kiln Lane. The site of this bar occupies a car park where there was once a Victorian warehouse. In the 1890s, it housed brass founders and the Monserrat Lime Juice Company Stores.”

The name of every Wetherspoons pub in Liverpool explained - from the Welkin to the Thomas Frost

Emma Dukes
By Emma Dukes
Published 2nd Oct 2023, 11:51 BST
Updated 6th Oct 2023, 20:20 BST

Who was Richard John Blacker? And why is there a pub named after him? Here are all the Wetherspoons pubs in Liverpool and the fascinating history behind their names.

Wetherspoons pubs are a pretty integral part of British culture, with multiple branches in every city, serving up cheap pints and food.

Liverpool city centre alone has more than five branches, ranging from the Lime Kiln in the heart of Concert Square and The North Western inside Lime Street station. But, where did all our Wetherspoons get their names from?

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Here, in no particular order, are all the Wetherspoons pubs with a Liverpool ‘L’ postcode and the fascinating history behind their names.

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According to Wetherspoons: “This grade II listed building was originally the North Western Hotel. The 330-room hotel was built by the London and North Western Railway to serve Liverpool Lime Street Station. It was designed by the renowned Liverpool-born architect Alfred Waterhouse. The North Western Hotel closed in the 1930s. It stood empty until 1996 when the upper floors were converted into halls of residence and the ground floor became a public house which now has its original name.”

5. The North Western, Lime Street

According to Wetherspoons: “This grade II listed building was originally the North Western Hotel. The 330-room hotel was built by the London and North Western Railway to serve Liverpool Lime Street Station. It was designed by the renowned Liverpool-born architect Alfred Waterhouse. The North Western Hotel closed in the 1930s. It stood empty until 1996 when the upper floors were converted into halls of residence and the ground floor became a public house which now has its original name.” Photo: Google Street View

According to Wetherspoons: “The Fall Well is named after one of the city’s main sources of water in the 18th century. The well used to bubble away on the site of the neighbouring Royal Court Theatre. It also fed a fountain and garden in Queen Square owned by William Roe, a merchant who gave his name to Roe Street.”

6. The Fall Well, St John’s Way

According to Wetherspoons: “The Fall Well is named after one of the city’s main sources of water in the 18th century. The well used to bubble away on the site of the neighbouring Royal Court Theatre. It also fed a fountain and garden in Queen Square owned by William Roe, a merchant who gave his name to Roe Street.” Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Wetherspoons said: “Until 22 August 1959, the premises had been the Queens cinema. Converted to show ‘talkies’ in 1930, the cinema was purpose built in 1913 as the Queens Picture House, opening its doors on 17 March 1913, with His Western Way, a silent black-and-white film, directed by Romaine Fielding."

7. The Queen’s Picture House, Waterloo

Wetherspoons said: “Until 22 August 1959, the premises had been the Queens cinema. Converted to show ‘talkies’ in 1930, the cinema was purpose built in 1913 as the Queens Picture House, opening its doors on 17 March 1913, with His Western Way, a silent black-and-white film, directed by Romaine Fielding." Photo: Google Maps

According to Wetherspoons: “This is named after a poem by the famous American author and poet Edgar Allen Poe. James William Carling lies buried in a pauper’s grave in Walton Park Cemetery. Born in 1857, he became a pavement artist at five, later going to America, where he produced a series of illustrations for Poe’s The Raven. Unable to find a publisher, he returned to England where he died in Brownlow Hill Workhouse, aged 29. His illustrations are on permanent exhibition today in the Edgar Allen Poe Museum, in America."

8. The Raven, Walton Vale

According to Wetherspoons: “This is named after a poem by the famous American author and poet Edgar Allen Poe. James William Carling lies buried in a pauper’s grave in Walton Park Cemetery. Born in 1857, he became a pavement artist at five, later going to America, where he produced a series of illustrations for Poe’s The Raven. Unable to find a publisher, he returned to England where he died in Brownlow Hill Workhouse, aged 29. His illustrations are on permanent exhibition today in the Edgar Allen Poe Museum, in America." Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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