Mapping the history of Liverpool
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
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.
Old maps
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 mapsInteractive maps
Some maps to help you discover the Liverpool of your ancestors.
- Explore the suburbs and historic townships
- Search for the long-gone old streets of Liverpool where your ancestors lived
- Look up churches, parishes, listed buildings and more
Try the map to the right!
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.
Historic suburbs
Explore the local histories of the ‘townships’, as well as the centre of Liverpool itself.
Read township histories
Victorian parishes
All 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 parishes
Old streets
The 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 street
Listed buildings
All 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 buildings
Natural landscapes
Liverpool’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 landscapes
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All 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.