Historic Streets of Liverpool

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So if you fancy learning more, we've put together a list of places where you can walk the cobbled streets. My name is Martin Greaney, and I did my undergraduate studies (BA Archaeology and Prehistory) at Sheffield Uni, and stayed there to do my MA in Landscape Archaeology. After completing this, I worked for English Heritage’s National Monuments Record (now the Historic England Archives), helping them put thousands of their records online. But that was all a long time ago now…

Taking a photo with the Penny Lane street sign is a must-do whilst you’re here. If you’re also into the Beatles, head to the Penny Lane Development Trust, where you’ll find cool Beatles murals and a tiny collection of local Beatles memorabilia. As commercial and residential areas of Liverpool continue to redevelop, many streets have been lost to time. When this happens, it's not just street names that disappear but also family homes and businesses are lost as a result. If you recognise anyone in the photos or have memories you would like to share, please do let us know in the comments below.Prior to the clearances from the 1960s onwards, there were up to 50 Victorian streets within the boundaries of the modern Everton Park alone, but the district spread much further – north, south, east and west. We want you to literally put your street on the map within this ‘search and find’ section. It’s an extremely simple process.

This must have been one of the first post-Second World War maps of Liverpool to be published. This makes it interesting for historians for several reasons. A map of memories

Architecture

Born into a Quaker family in 1822 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Francis Frith founded his own photographic publishing company in 1860 with the aim of creating accurate and truthful depictions of as many cities, towns and villages as possible. The photos are in batches, so we see a couple charting the development of the Pier Head from the 1990s to today. We also see the Goree Piazzas from different angles, revealing the changing waterfront. There are explicit links between the captions, so this is much more than a scattershot ‘photo album’ approach. The version available on Historic Liverpool is an adapted version of the original, with the wards colour-coded. This old map covers Toxteth to Princes Park (and includes a slice of Sefton Park on its eastern edge), shows areas of West Derby, including undeveloped streets to the north of Edge Lane, and covers the very centre of Liverpool. The irony that the city’s two cathedrals can be found on a road called Hope Street isn’t lost on Liverpudlians. The walkways weren’t well used, meaning they became home to criminals, meaning they got even less busy.