Stones made for Victorian project to help Irish workers given listed status

Travellers' rest' stones were idea of Warrington doctor and part of wider scheme to help migrant workers

They are found on busy road junctions, a traffic island and a petrol station forecourt and have been passed by countless numbers of walkers, runners, cyclists and drivers without a second glance.

But hiding in plain sight" are fascinating travellers' rest" stones between Liverpool and Manchester that tell a largely forgotten story of 19th-century ingenuity, compassion for migrant workers and a Victorian version of crowdfunding.