Editing Bootle (section)

===Resort===
Bootle was originally a small [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] built near the 'sand hills' or [[dunes]] of the river [[estuary]]. In the early 19th century, it began to develop as a bathing [[resort]], attracting wealthy people from Liverpool.<ref name=photos>{{cite news |first=Janet |last=Tansley |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/bootle-remembered-brilliant-archive-photos-7373303 |title=In pictures: Bootle through the years in photos from the Echo archive |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |date=4 July 2014}}</ref> Some remaining large villas which housed well-to-do [[commuter]]s to Liverpool are located in the area known locally as 'Bootle Village', centred around the junction of Merton Road and Litherland Road.