The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire
A catalogue of religious crosses around Merseyside, with a decent description of the landscape as a whole.
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Jan 24
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Liverpool in the 1950s
A photographic archive of the city on the cusp of great change, emerging from the damage of the Second World War.
Jun 17
Liverpool: A landscape history (or Historic Liverpool: the book)
A more detailed history of Liverpool's historic landscape. A similar focus to this website, with maps and illustrations.
Maps of Landscapes
Seventeen essays on the theme of wandering the cityscape. Includes an essay on Toxteth, as well as cities from across Britain.
Dec 15
Liverpool Ghost Signs and Along the Mersey
Two photographic books: one covering the old shop signs that survive with the other a journey along the Mersey.
Nov 17
The Liverpool Book of Days by Steven Horton
A year's worth of events in Liverpool history, from the earliest times to much more recently.
Oct 25
Not a Guide to Liverpool & Merseyside War Years by Daniel K. Longman
Two books by author Dan Longman, covering the less well-known side of Liverpool, and its post-war regeneration.
Hoylake Then & Now, by Jim O’Neil
An authority on Hoylake takes us on a photographic tour of the town, from its development into a popular seaside town.
Dec 1
Little Book of Liverpool, and Bloody British History: Liverpool
Two books anthologising the history of Liverpool, both presenting facts and expanding into essay forms to bring history to life.
Our Liverpool, by J.P. Dudgeon
The psychological landscapes of Liverpool drawn out through oral sources of history, new and archival.
