CROSBY takes its name from the Norse for village with crosses. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Uctred. In 1824 it was described as... a great sea-bathing place, 6 miles NNW of Liverpool. There is here a school called the Merchant Taylors Free Grammar School founded by the late John Harrison, citizen and merchant of London. Little Crosby is a village which has changed very little throughout the centuries. There are some fine 17th century cottages, an early 18th century smithy, an old well-cross and a Roman Catholic Church built in 1847.

WATERLOO was previously known as Crosby Seabank but adopted its present name after the 1815 battle.

Potters Barn is a replica of the farmhouse of La Haye Sainte which featured in the 1815 battle. Nearby Wellington Street and Blucher Street recall the names of the two victorious allied commanders.

Captain Smith, in command of the ill-fated Titanic lived at numbers 4 and later 17 Marine Crescent.

THORNTON was the point, due to its position in relation to the Parish Church of Sefton, upon which the ancient church ways from the northern townships converged. Church ways were routes along which coffins would be carried and bearers would rest at the ancient wayside stone crosses. There they would refresh themselves during rest periods, probably at such establishments as the Grapes or Nags Head where there have been inns simce 1629.

HIGHTOWN used to be the site of the Crosby lighthouse, a square-built tower, about a quarter of a mile from the station, which was burnt down in 1898.

Late in the 19th century the Liverpool School Board built a Truant School. It was divided into Church of England and Roman Catholic sections, each with their own headmaster. Discipline was strict and in the early days boys were put into cells for breaches of regulations. The school changed in purpose over the years and was demolished in the 1960s.

The first UK marine life saving stations was established here in 1776.