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In the context of the Victorian era, in which it was conceived, the creation
of Port Sunlight Village by William Hesketh Lever was unparalleled. The
tumultuous changes wreaked by the Industrial Revolution still had not
been fully embraced even as late as the early twentieth century.
The
combination of a content, healthy and efficient workforce was a vision
held by some philosophers and luminaries of the time but Lever was one
of the first entrepreneurs to realise such a dream. From his middle-class
upbringing in Bolton, Lancashire to his ambitious trips around the world,
Lever employed lessons learned to good effect in housing and employing
the workforce of his soap business.
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