Old maps, interactive maps, and the historic landscape of Liverpool
Explore Liverpool archaeology, discover the Liverpool your ancestors knew, and find out about your own area of the city
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.
There are always new maps being added to the site.
There are currently over 25 old maps, from the 17th to the 20th century. Explore your local area over 300 years!
Browse old mapsSome maps to help you discover the Liverpool of your ancestors.
All the pins are the locations of historic sites. Clicking a pin brings up a summary, an image, and a link to an article about that site.
More articles are being added all the time. Or you can use the menus at the top of every page to read book reviews and other articles.
Explore the local histories of the ‘townships’, as well as the centre of Liverpool itself.
Read township historiesAll the parishes in the Liverpool area and slightly beyond, as they were in 1851. There are also some Anglican churches from the era.
You can see details about when they were built (and demolished) where that information is known.
Find old parishesThe streets of Liverpool within the boundary of Queens Drive, as they were before vast swathes were demolished in the 20th century.
You can search for a road using the box in the top left of the map.
Locate an old streetAll of Liverpool’s most important architecture, with a search tool to boot.
Data comes from Historic England, the government body responsible for protecting the Listed Buildings in England.
Search listed buildingsLiverpool’s history is founded upon millions of years of natural landscapes.
The Mersey is only the most famous of a series of geological and water features, all of which contribute something to the historic landscape.
Discover natural landscapesAll the content on this website is released under a Creative Commons license, which means you’re free to share them on social media, or as part of your own project.