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
Open the full map for more tools like:
- More feature types like listed buildings
- Bookmarking your place
- Old map overlays
Also on Historic Liverpool:
Old maps of Liverpool
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 across 300 years!
Browse old maps
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.
Interactive maps
As well as the history map, there are some more specific map tools for you to explore.
Historic suburbs
The 'townships' of Liverpool and beyond have individual characters built up over the centuries.
Explore the local histories of these townships, as well as the centre of Liverpool itself.
Read township histories
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
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
Get maps, share maps, fly!
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.