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12 minutes ago, TheTeapot said:

Why (Waterloo)?

Waterloo is past Bootle and Seaforth.

Princes Half Tide Dock is part of the Waterloo Dock system. It’s the most inland. Next downstream, and linked, are East and West Waterloo Docks.

You're confusing dock names with Merseyside area names. Princes Half Tide and both Waterloo docks are in Vauxhall, part of Liverpool. Waterloo is in Sefton, as you say, that’s beyond Seaforth, also in Sefton.

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13 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said:

It's off Waterloo Road

Which is called Waterloo Road because it was built to serve Waterloo Dock, when it was built.

Waterloo historically was called Crosby Seabank. A Hotel was opened in 1816 on the anniversary of the battle and named Waterloo Hotel. It officially became Waterloo in 1894 as an Urban District Council ( as Waterloo & Seaforth ). Before that it was Crosby.

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1 minute ago, John Wright said:

Princes Half Tide Dock is part of the Waterloo Dock system. It’s the most inland. Next downstream, and linked, are East and West Waterloo Docks.

You're confusing dock names with Liverpool area names. Princes Half Tide and both Waterloo docks are in Vauxhall, part of Liverpool. Waterloo is in Sefton, as you say, that’s beyond Seaforth, also in Sefton.

Ah, fair enough. Didn't know the docks were called that.

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3 minutes ago, John Wright said:

Which is called Waterloo Road because it was built to serve Waterloo Dock, when it was built.

Other way round it appears.  This 1824 map shows the road being named that and already in position before the Waterloo Docks were built about a decade later:

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Which make sense as you'd expect the peak of Waterloo-naming to be just after the battle - and it leads into Regent Road which is presumable of a similar date.  The suburb appears to be separately named after a hotel that opened there in 1816.

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