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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That’s a good point. They definitely do look more like Ls!
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Old roads disappear
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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.
Loved reading this, I’ve been asking my gran a lot about what the area was like when her and my…