Maps and mapping
March 11, 2014 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 4 Comments on Lerpoole 1572
A strange map with some interesting inaccuracies. Produced in the 19th century but based on the 16th.
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February 8, 2014 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
A speculative map of Liverpool's early landscape produced for the city's 700th anniversary by Ramsay Muir.
Book reviews
January 24, 2014 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 10 Comments on The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire
A catalogue of religious crosses around Merseyside, with a decent description of the landscape as a whole.
General
December 6, 2013 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
A round-up of the best books, society membership and other gifts for the history buff in your life.
July 12, 2013 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
Heritage protection is a tricky job, and must walk the fine line between sentiment and practicality.
June 28, 2013 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 15 Comments on Liverpool in the 1950s
A photographic archive of the city on the cusp of great change, emerging from the damage of the Second World War.
June 17, 2013 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
A more detailed history of Liverpool's historic landscape. A similar focus to this website, with maps and illustrations.
May 21, 2013 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 1 Comment on Maps of Landscapes
Seventeen essays on the theme of wandering the cityscape. Includes an essay on Toxteth, as well as cities from across Britain.
Landscapes
March 8, 2013 / February 20, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 4 Comments on Alder Hey and the Remains of War
Those of you trying to drive past Sainsbury’s on East Prescot Road in West Derby back in March 2013 may have found themselves diverted around a police bomb squad. A suspected hand grenade was discovered in Springfield Park as work began on the new Alder Hey hospital. There are conflicting reports as to whether this […]
Hidden History
February 14, 2013 / July 25, 2023 by Martin Greaney | 11 Comments on Mr. John Dewsnap and the teaching of history
On the morning of 14th February 2013, the funeral of Mr. John Dewsnap took place. He was my teacher in year 6 of primary school at Blackmoor Park in West Derby (c.1992-3), and was an inspiration. It might not be too far fetched to say that, if not for him, you might not be reading […]
December 15, 2012 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
Two photographic books: one covering the old shop signs that survive with the other a journey along the Mersey.
December 3, 2012 / February 20, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 2 Comments on Stanley Park, landscape of leisure
North Liverpool is an area that I’ve become much more interested in since I started Historic Liverpool. It’s seen such changes in its time, and been home to every part of Liverpool society. Stanley Park’s a great subject for closer inspection, especially as it’s become something of a metaphor for one of the passionate divides […]
Archaeology
November 21, 2012 / November 10, 2022 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
Ron Cowell of the Museum of Liverpool discovered a Mesolithic settlement at Lunt Meadows in 2012. Ron had been leading an excavation there on behalf of the Environment Agency. Archaeologists analysed the stone tools from the site, as well as the layers of soil from which the tools were extracted. The results showed that the […]
November 17, 2012 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
A year's worth of events in Liverpool history, from the earliest times to much more recently.
October 25, 2012 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
Two books by author Dan Longman, covering the less well-known side of Liverpool, and its post-war regeneration.
June 12, 2012 / February 20, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 2 Comments on Bootle: seaside village
This map is taken from a detailed one from the Illustrated Globe Encyclopedia printed in 1878. The point of interest I’m drawing your attention to is Bootle. In 1878, and also visible on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of the area, the village of Bootle sits alone to the north of Liverpool. The docks […]
June 1, 2012 / February 20, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 4 Comments on Liverpool’s Electric Tramway
This article all about transport: roads, rail and that in-between technology, trams. Like a lot of Liverpool’s landscape, the trams were both pioneering and behind the times. The first Act of Parliament was granted in 1868, and Liverpool was the first city to be granted such an Act, and yet Liverpool stuck with trams when […]
May 25, 2012 / February 20, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 1 Comment on Waterloo, Victoria and Trafalgar Docks: Liverpool at the forefront of dock technology
When reading about Liverpool’s ever-expanding dockland landscape, you can’t help but be drawn into the technological advances. These too helped create the dock landscape we see today. The map here is of the northern docklands, specifically Waterloo (1824), Victoria and Trafalgar (both 1836). They were built at the beginning of the age of steam ships […]
May 18, 2012 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
A map showing the wider context of Halewood, and why its terrain made it attractive for industrial expansion.
March 29, 2012 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | 2 Comments on Hoylake Then & Now, by Jim O’Neil
An authority on Hoylake takes us on a photographic tour of the town, from its development into a popular seaside town.
December 1, 2011 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
Two books anthologising the history of Liverpool, both presenting facts and expanding into essay forms to bring history to life.
September 29, 2011 / October 3, 2023 by Martin Greaney | 12 Comments on Toxteth – Some distant childhood memories.
The following article is a bit of a departure from the normal round of news or analysis. I was approached by Derek Tunnington who was born in Leeds but grew up in Toxteth, and has many memories of his childhood in Liverpool. What follows is his account of those years. Over to Derek… Toxteth – […]
September 13, 2011 / March 10, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
A quick tour through five bits of Liverpool that have survived 800 years of town and city.
August 11, 2011 / February 20, 2024 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
This article was inspired by Celia Heritage’s article on parish churches. Her love of churches, in terms of history, began through researching family history and looking for ancestors’ gravestones. What to look out for in a parish church What to Look Out For in a Parish Church is the first article on the revamped Celia’s […]