The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . pool,but all that is guesswork. What is certain is that a cormorant or a pelican,or a liver (whatever sort of creature that may have been), has figured upon theborough seal since the time of King John, although advocates for anotherderivation have claimed that the figure u])on the seal was not meant for anaquatic bird, but for an eagle. The authorities of the town never adopted this view;they have kept loyally to the bird that is said to have found peace and plentyon the banks of the stretch
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . pool,but all that is guesswork. What is certain is that a cormorant or a pelican,or a liver (whatever sort of creature that may have been), has figured upon theborough seal since the time of King John, although advocates for anotherderivation have claimed that the figure u])on the seal was not meant for anaquatic bird, but for an eagle. The authorities of the town never adopted this view;they have kept loyally to the bird that is said to have found peace and plentyon the banks of the stretch of still water around which Liverjjool sprang intoexistence. 260 inrERS OF GREAT ]:]!ITATX. [The Merset. llio pool (111 whose Imrders tlie city grew spread out over the site of theCustiini House aiul aJjoiiiiiiir buihlinjjfs. At some uncertain date after the Xormanoccupation a castle was built Avliere now stands St. Georges Church, and thisstioiiffhold was held for many generations by the Molineux family, the descendants<pf William de Molines, one of the Conquerois lieutenants. In time another. 1. RINCORS IIKIDGE {p. 257). 2. THE LOCKS AT EASTHAM (;). 251 Norman family, the Stanleys, found their way into , and got possessionof the Tower, a struc-ture which had been raiseil for the purpose of observationon what is now Water Street. The Stanleys strengthened and fortified theTower, building a mansion round it, and covering some four thousand square yardsin the process; so that ])ractically Liverpool had two castles, with two powerfulfamilies dominating the ])lac-c, and making life almost unbearable, for they werecontinually at feud as to their rights, though, curiously enough, lighting side byside for the king as the occasion arose. Neither of ca-stlc uor of tower is there any trace to be found in thesedayo. While tluy existed they were the chief featines of Liverpool, but th(>y The Mersey.] LIVERPOOL AXD ROYALTY. 261 had notliing in common with the circumstances
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