Etymology

Port Sunlight

Today it means: A suburb and model village by the Mersey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483). Full definition →

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The story

The name comes from Sunlight soap, coloured yellow, which was manufactured here.

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