"Merseyside is steeped with Viking tradition and the whole area is crammed full of Viking place names on both sides of the Mersey," said Steve Harding, Wirral-born professor of applied biochemistry at Nottingham University and an expert on the Vikings in North West England.
"Even our sporting venues can't escape from them. Aintree is from the Old Norse 'ein-tre' meaning one tree. Tranmere is from Old Norse 'trani-melr' - meaning cranebirds or herons at a sandbank, and outside Anfield stadium we find Walton Breck Road. Breck is from 'brekka' - meaning a slope on a hillside."
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