What's in a name?

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There are two ways to explore local placenames in this interactive. You can either choose key periods of local history, or select an area of Merseyside to focus on.

Periods of local history

• Stone Ages
• Bronze Age
• Iron Age
• Roman
• Viking
• Anglo Saxon
• Medieval
• Post Medieval
• Industrial
• Modern

Merseyside areas

• Central Liverpool
• Sefton
• Knowsley
• South Liverpool
• St Helens
• North Wirral
• West Wirral
• East Wirral
• South Wirral

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