Liverpool History Shop
Almost all the old maps on this site can be bought as high quality prints, great for framing, and as a present!
There’s also the book – Liverpool: a landscape history, also available to buy from this website.
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Historic Sites in Liverpool
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Hi Martin, David Eyes’ link to the Stewart Brown article has been a fascinating read and has helped me date…
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Hi, not sure if this will be seen. Does anyone know about a possible war time use of the Bluebell…
Hi, my surname is Greenough and in the 1841 Little Woolton census many of my ancestors lived in Quarry Street…
That’s brilliant Martin. I have pored over that approximate area for many an hour without finding it. Of course it’s…
Hi Peter, Roger Street was a very small street off Linden Street, which you can see on this map of…
Hi Sue, Glad you’re finding things of interest on this site! Ridge and furrow was used up until different dates…
Hi Chris, Looking at a slightly more detailed map of the same period, I can see that there’s a large…
Hi John, A very interesting website project you have! I’m not having much luck finding out any historical information apart…
Old Maps of Liverpool
Zoom and pan around the city from different periods. Get a bird’s eye view, or browse a traditional map from the Victorian era of Liverpool’s heyday.
Interactive maps
An easy way to explore data from official sources like Historic England, or from personal research. Click on a feature and find out more!
Liverpool History Blog
The blog includes everything from book reviews to bits of ‘hidden’ history that can be found in the landscape, plus upcoming events or new developments in the city.
Hello I have been trying to find the name of the illustrator for Ackermann’s 1847 map. I can see that…