ROF Kirkby

ROF Kirkby, (Filling Factory No. 7) was a large World War II Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) filling munitions.[1] The factory was based in the rural area of Kirkby, on the outskirts of Liverpool, Merseyside. The rural location was to reduce the potential damage from any accidental explosions. Munitions were produced from September 1940 to March 1946.

  1. ^ Whale, Derek (1984). Lost Villages of Liverpool - Part Three. Prescot, Merseyside: T Stephenson & Sons Ltd. p. 40. ISBN 0-901314-26-9.