We move forward to 1672. It is four years since Marsh and Whitfield knocked down the bridge and Liverpool's day of reckoning has come.

The time has come to decide who is in the right and who is in the wrong? Is the trial of Marsh and Whitfield to be the end of common land in Liverpool?

The case for the prosecution
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The Case for the Defence
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In 1672 Lord Molyneux bowed to public pressure and settled out of court giving up the township of Liverpool to the people and agreeing to common rights to the land across the tidal pool. He gave back all the rights to collect rents and tolls and agreed to pay rent for the right of building a bridge and building on the common. This meant that Liverpool finally had an income and therefore the money to expand.

What's your verdict on the case of Lord Molyneux's Bridge?

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Relevant links

The Environmental Law Foundation

Friends of the Earth