If like me you love old maps of Liverpool then there are a few links below you may find interesting. Sadly some may no longer work as web sites change are deleted etc.
The maps will open in new windows:
- 1725 Chadwicks map of Liverpool
- 1824 Liverpool
- 1836 Liverpool
- 1851 Ordnance Survey Map of North Liverpool
- 1863
- 1893 Kirkdale and Everton
- 1893 Central Liverpool
- 1893 Toxteth and Dingle
- 1894 Hornby and Bramley Moore Dock area
- 1894 Woolton and Gateacre
- 1888 Water St area Liverpool centre
- 1889 Liverpool Docks
- 1900 with parks
- 1906 (Printed 1910) Map of Birkenhead and Toxteth
- 1907 Kirkdale
- 1908 Scotland, Vauxhall, Everton Wards
- 1909 Newsham Park and Stanley
- 1909 – West Derby, Croxteth Park, Knowsley
- 1910
- 1910 North
- 1913 Brighton, and Bootle
- 1928 Botanic Gardens – picture
- 1933 Toxteth South End mills – picture
- 1934 Liverpool Map including Historical and Literary references
- 1938
- 1942 Nazi Germany Map of Liverpool
- 1942
Nazi Germany Map of Edge Hill - 1942 Nazi Germany Map of South Liverpool
- 1942 Nazi Germany Map of Toxteth, Liverpool and Birkenhead
- 1946 – picture
- 1946 Bomb Damage – picture
- 1949 Aerial Photograph of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and Surrounding Area
Other useful maps can be found at the following links:
- Conjectural map of Liverpool in the 14th century
- 1664 – showing extent of original ‘Pool’
- 1765 – John Eyres
- 1780
- 1796 – John Gore
- 1803 – Richard Horwood
- 1806 – A Plan of Liverpool with the Environs published Jan 1806 – Gregory
- 1836 – zoomable
- 1851 – zoomable
- 1883 – zoomable
- 1885 – Bacon’s map of Liverpool
- 1888 – Goads Insurance Maps
- 1900
Another couple of fascinating maps are to be found in this document: ‘Liverpool in the Reign of Queen Anne, 1705 and 1708’ – link
The first is of 1705 showing the street plan and outline of the intended dock:
The second, produced later, shows a ‘Plan of the Site of the Ancient Pool of Liverpool as disposed of under Leases from the Corporation between the years 1672 and 1730’
If you are interested in buying maps of old Liverpool I can definitely recommend Alan Godfrey Maps on-line where you will find a great selection:
A selection of maps available at Alan Godfrey
Liverpool – 1650
1859
The density of Kirkdale and Everton c1960
