This site loves to show history as interactive maps. On this page you’ll find a collection of these maps.
Ancient Crosses of Lancashire: a map
All cities (all everywhere, in fact) have nearly-hidden assortments of monuments. Sometimes it takes a person with a niche interest, and possibly a good helping of spare time, to publish them all in one place. Here's a quiz question: how many churches on Merseyside can you name which have pre-mid16th… Read more
Historic Parishes (1851)
This is a map of all the parishes in the Liverpool area and slightly beyond, as they were in 1851, plus some Anglican churches from the era. There is scant information at the moment (much taken from David Lewis's excellent The Churches of Liverpool), but this will be added to… Read more
History Map
This is a gazetteer of all the historic features of Liverpool and the wider region that can be found on the Historic Liverpool website. Click on a spot to see a name and brief description, and if there's more information available a link will take you through to a longer… Read more
Liverpool’s Historic Townships
Click on the map to explore a township, or use the controls in the top left to move around the map. Liverpool's suburbs Historic Liverpool includes histories of Liverpool's townships. From the Oxford English Dictionary, via Wikpedia: In England, a township (Latin - villa) is a local division or district… Read more