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Williamson Tunnels
Friends of Williamson's Tunnels, The Joseph Williamson Society, The Joseph Williamson Society Members Forum, Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre
BBC Liverpool: Local History
Articles, personal recollections, and audio and video footage covering local street names, characters, landmarks and language. Also includes a guide to help you get started researching local history.
Diduknow.info
Local and global history activities from National Museums Liverpool, featuring items from their collections.
Discovering Historic Wavertree
A guide to the Wavertree district of Liverpool, including information on its history and landmarks.
Harry Ainscough's Liverpool
Photographs of the city taken between 1966 and 1968.
History of Liverpool
Historical maps of the city, with commentary.
Jack Lindo
Site of a former soldier from Liverpool, who fought in Burma during the Second World War. Information about his upbringing, service history, reunions, and book.
Liverpool 2007
Celebrating the 800th anniversary of Liverpool's founding charter. Includes articles and links relating to the city's history.
Liverpool History Online
Historical photos, drawings, paintings and maps, with commentary.
Liverpool History Society
Includes articles, information about meetings and publications, and links.
Liverpool Nautical Research Society
The society records the interesting historical aspects of Merseyside shipping. Site provides brief details on its work and a contact address.
Liverpool's Historic Canning Area
Georgian terraces and squares, maps, photos, historical illustrations, aerial shots, a pub guide and a 3-D model of the area.
Liverpool: A History of Struggle
Biographies, articles and interviews featuring some of the radical individuals from Liverpool's past.
Local Histories: A Brief History of Liverpool
A concise history from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Mersey Light-vessel Preservation Society
Charity aiming to restore the light-vessel "Planet" formerly stationed at the Mersey Bar. Includes a brief history of the ship, news, information about how you can help, and sales of maritime history products.
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Telling the story of Liverpool's seafaring heritage and the merchant navy. Information about the collections and exhibitions, the slave trade, and the Battle of the Atlantic.
Mike Royden's Local History Pages
Local history articles, plus a history bulletin board and information about courses.
Museum of Liverpool Life
Celebrating the people of Liverpool. Includes details about exhibitions, articles on historical personalities, community projects, and visitor information.
Old Liverpool Newspapers Online
Transcriptions from Liverpool Mercury newspapers dated 1811-34, including marriages, obituaries, shipping records and articles.
Owen Road Buildings
Photos and information about these tenements in Kirkdale.
PortCities: Liverpool
Home page for the Mersey Gateway Project, aiming to create an online illustrated history of the port of Liverpool.
Ron's Liverpool
Includes a short essay describing the growth of the city, a collection of sea shanties mentioning Liverpool, information about famous locals, ships associated with the city, and Liverpool trams.
Spartacus Educational: Liverpool
Brief account of the growth of Liverpool, with contemporary quotations.
St James's Cemetery
A history of the cemetery.
St Peter's Church
Transcriptions from the headstones in the churchyard of St Peter?s Church, Woolton, with a paragraph on the history of the church.
The Liverpool Overhead Railway
Photos from 1954, showing the stations, structure and car sheds of the now dismantled railway. With commentary.