in 1810. It was renovated before re-erection; the sails are dated 1815. Historic photos show ships as weather vanes on the Bluecoat Hospital and one of the Goree warehouses. The vane was added to the church in 1746 when the spire was built on the tower. The illustration in Enfield's History of Liverpool 1773 clearly shows the ship. Despite the traditions, no record of a Liverpool ship named Donnely or Richard Donnelly has been found. This has been confirmed by Mr Tibble, Director of the Liverpool Maritime Museum. Unfortunately for local mythology, there is some serious misunderstanding about the weather vane. See also Architecture of Liverpool List of works by Thomas Harrison References Notes Further reading David Brazendale, Lancashire's Historic Hall, Liverpool: Carnegie , Georgian Liverpool, Liverpool: Carnegie Buildings of Liverpool. Liverpool Heritage Bureau, 1978. Ramsay Muir, A History of Liverpool, 1907 Crispin Pailing, God's Town: Liverpool and her Parish since 1207, Palatine Books, 2019 External links Liverpool Parish Church website The Garden of Our Lady and St Nicholas Interior church photos, Liverpool Pictorial Spirit of the Blitz, memorial in St Nicholas grounds Liverpool, Our Lady and Saint Nicholas Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool, Our Lady and Saint Nicholas Liverpool, Our Lady and Saint Nicholas Liverpool, Our Lady and Saint Nicholas Grade II listed churches in Merseyside