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If like me you love old maps of Liverpool then there are lots of links below you may find interesting, be aware though you may be absorbed for a few hours!
Sadly some may no longer work as web sites change/are deleted etc. Most of the maps are zoomable for greater detail. Click for links.
The maps will open in new windows:……keeping going until the end of the page! (If you want to download as a PDF you can do so here)
Various Maps 1664 to 1962
- Conjectural map of Liverpool in the 14th century
- 1664 – showing extent of original ‘Pool’ – with great additional info
- 1725 – Chadwick’s map of Liverpool
- 1765 – John Eyre’s map of Liverpool
- 1768 – Yates & Perry
- 1785 – Liverpool
- 1790 – Liverpool – zoomable
- 1796 – John Gore – A Plan of the Town of Liverpool
- 1803 – Richard Horwood
- 1806 – A Plan of Liverpool with the Environs published Jan 1806 – Gregory
- 1817 – A superb zoomable map of Liverpool by John Gore
- 1824 – William Swire
- 1836 – The original map by Michael Alexander Gage – you will love the detail in this, including Kirkdale, Everton, Low Hill, Edge Hill, Toxteth – via the excellent Historic Liverpool
- 1836 – Liverpool – (based on above)
- 1836 – including the environs of Edge Hill & Toxteth Park, Kirkdale, Everton, Low Hill
- 1841 – Edge Hill – I. Slater
- 1841 – Toxteth
- 1850 – Dingle
- 1851 – Ordnance Survey Map of North Liverpool
- 1851 – Liverpool
- 1851 – Liverpool, as above zoom in for great detail
- 1854-58 – Hilliar’s Guide to Liverpool – again zoom in
- 1860 – ‘Weekly Atlas’ Map of Liverpool – great detail in this one
- 1863 – Wellington to Georges Dock, up to Great Homer St
- 1863 – Georges to Brunswick Dock
- 1863 – centred on St George’s Hall
- 1865 – Illustrated London News View of Liverpool from the Mersey
- 1872 – Liverpool & Birkenhead
- 1878 – Liverpool and Birkenhead
- 1883 – zoomable
- 1885 – Bacon’s map of Liverpool
- 1885 – Birds Eye View of Liverpool – drawn by H.W. Brewer and W. Wylie from a hot air balloon
- 1888-1913 – Covers Liverpool and whole of the North West and beyond – great overlay feature (use the slider) Via: National Library of Scotland Mapping service
- 1888 – Goads Insurance Plan of the City Of Liverpool Vol. I: Key Plan
- 1889 – Plan of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Estate with part of the City of Liverpool, and Birkenhead – zoomable, great detail
- 1890 – Goads Insurance Plan of the City of Liverpool Vol. III: Key Plan
- 1894 – Goads Insurance Plan of the City of Liverpool Vol. IV: Key Plan
- 1894 – Dingle, St Michael’s Mount, Aigburth Vale, Mossley Hill, Allerton.
- 1893 – Kirkdale and Everton
- 1893 Central Liverpool
- 1893 Toxteth and Dingle
- 1894 Hornby and Bramley Moore Dock area
- 1894 Woolton and Gateacre
- 1895 – Philips’ New Plan of Greater Liverpool – great detail!
- 1900 – Bacon’s plan of Liverpool: divided into 1/4 mile squares
- 1901 – zoomable
- 1908 Scotland, Vauxhall, Everton Wards
- 1962 – zoomable, another cracker!
Thanks for many of the above to the excellent Old Maps of Liverpool via Historic Liverpool – well worth a visit
Maps of Liverpool and its Environs: The County Series maps at scale 1:2500 for Liverpool and its environs, including Bootle, Wallasey, and Birkenhead 1874-1893 – British History Online
- Orrell
- Fazakerley
- Wellington to Canada Docks
- Canada to Hornby Docks
- Bootle and Walton
- Walton Hall Park
- Norris Green
- Kirkdale and Everton
- Anfield, Clubmoor, Tuebrook
- West Derby
- L3 Scotland Road
- Fairfield
- Broadgreen, Knotty Ash, Old Swan
- Liverpool Central
- Edge Hill and Wavertree
- Wavertree, Childwall
- Toxteth
- Dingle and Sefton Park
- Smithdown Road to Calderstones
- Otterspool
- Aigburth, Allerton, Calderstones, Mossley Hill
- Garston, Grassendale
ORDNANCE SURVEY 25-inch Zoomable Maps – great details in these from National Library Scotland – various dates
- Aigburth to Cressington Park 1925 – 28:
- Aigburth to Cressington Park 1938 – 46:
- Anfield 1890 – 93:
- Anfield 1906 – 08:
- Anfield 1925 – 27:
- Bootle 1890 – 93:
- Bootle 1890 – 94:
- Bootle 1906 – 08:
- Bootle 1924 – 27:
- Bootle 1938 – 45:
- Coburg Dock to Otterspool 1846 – 48:
- Dingle to Otterspool 1924 – 27:
- Dingle to Otterspool 1938 – 45:
- Edge Hill/Wavertree 1905 – 08:
- Edge Hill/Wavertree 1924 – 27:
- Edge Hill/Wavertree 1938 – 46:
- Kensington 1905 – 08:
- Kensington 1925 – 27:
- Kirkdale and Everton 1890 – 93:
- Kirkdale and Everton 1906 – 08:
- Kirkdale and Everton 1924 – 27:
- Fazakerley 1889 – 93:
- Fazakerley 1925 – 27:
- Garston 1889 – 91:
- Garson 1924 – 25:
- Garston 1937 – 39:
- Herculaneum Dock/Dingle 1924 – 27:
- Huyton with Roby 1937 – 39:
- Litherland, Orrell 1889 – 91:
- Litherland, Orrell 1939 – 47:
- Liverpool Central 1890 – 93:
- Liverpool Central 1906 – 08:
- Liverpool Central 1924 – 27:
- Liverpool Central 1936 – 48: (inc. Birkenhead)
- Mossley Hill/Allerton 1890 – 93:
- Mossley Hill/Allerton 1937 – 39:
- Old Swan 1890 – 93:
- Old Swan 1925 – 27:
- Old Swan 1937 – 39:
- Otterspool to Garston 1904 – 05:
- Princes Park to Aigburth 1889 – 91:
- Princes Park to Aigburth 1905 – 09:
- Prince Park to Aigburth 1924 – 25:
- Princes and Sefton Park 1924 – 27:
- Princes and Sefton Park 1938 – 45:
- Scotland Road 1924 – 27:
- Seaforth 1889 – 93:
- Seaforth 1907 – 08:
- Seaforth 1937 – 39:
- South Docks and Toxteth 1889 – 1893:
- South Docks and Toxteth 1924 – 27:
- Vauxhall/Scotland Road 1906 – 08:
- Vauxhall 1924 – 27:
- Walton Park 1890 – 93:
- Walton Park 1906 – 08:
- Walton Park 1924 – 27:
- West Derby 1925 – 27:
- West Derby inc. Anfield 1925 – 28:
- West Derby inc. Anfield 1938 – 47:
- Woolton 1891 – 93:
- Woolton 1904 – 07:
- Woolton 1925 – 27:
- Woolton 1936 – 37:
Now this is a fantastic facility, hosted by National Library of Scotland, which allows you to overlay historic maps with a modern map. Takes a little getting used to but very useful: I find the OS 25 Inch, 1892-1914 map to be the most useful: Link
Overlay the old map on the current
1942 – Seven fascinating reconnaissance Nazi German Supreme Command maps showing bombing targets in the city: hover over pic for title, click number for link:
- 1950’s – Modern Day: Searchable Overlay map
Another great piece of work from Historic-Liverpool which allows you to search for old Liverpool streets by name and see them overlaid onto a modern map – really useful if a street has since disappeared – LINK
- A couple of intriguing maps are to be found in this document: ‘Liverpool in the Reign of Queen Anne, 1705 and 1708’ – link
…….so hard to imagine the ‘pool’ running up Paradise St and Liverpool One today!
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’
- 1650
1650 – click
- 1725 – a plan showing the Townfield of Liverpool about 1725
1725 – click
- 1824 – William Swire’s Plan of Liverpool (click map for zoomable version)
- 1847 – Ackermann’s Panoramic view of Liverpool
Another great zoom-able resource via Historic Liverpool that gives a whole new perspective! – LINK
- 1854 – Map of the borough of Liverpool: with Parliamentary boundaries, ecclesiastical divisions and a part of the Cheshire coast – LINK
1854 – click above LINK for zoomable version
- Liverpool, 1859, part of Birkenhead, the docks, and Cheshire coast – LINK
Click LINK above to zoom in for great detail
- Bird’s-eye view of Liverpool as seen from a balloon 1885 / drawn by H.W. Brewer and W. Wylie – LINK
Click LINK above to zoom into detail
- 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 Click to zoom into detail
1796 – zoom in for detail
1852
1859
1866 – Cholera hit areas
1928 (click pics to enlarge)
Central Liverpool 1939
The density of Kirkdale and Everton c1960
Liverpool & Merseyside Industrial Map – 1948
- ‘Maps and Plans of Liverpool and District by the Eyes family of Surveyors’
An interesting read this one: https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/62-7-Stewart-Brown.pdf
- Maps and related resources – Liverpool through the centuries
Another excellent resource for maps and more put together by @vrsimility – LINK
- Old-maps (subscription required)
