Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Sefton MBC


  • This is our coverage of Sefton. The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton was created in 1974 with the amalgamation of the County Borough of Bootle, County Borough of Southport, Municipal Borough of Crosby, Formby Urban District and Litherland Urban District. It formed part of the new metropolitan county of Merseyside.
  • All maps are available from our On-line Mapshop.
  • The following titles are taken from the OS 25" maps and reduced to a scale of approximately 14 inches to the mile. Each covers an area of a mile and a half by one mile, and includes an introduction.

  • These are the Sefton maps in our Lancashire series:

  • 075.06a Southport (North) 1892 - published 2020; introduction by Kay Parrott
  • 075.06b Southport (North) 1909 - published 1996; intro by Nick Burton
  • 075.09a Central Southport 1892 - published 2020; intro by Kay Parrott
  • 075.09b Central Southport 1909 - published 1995; intro by Nick Burton
  • 075.10a Southport (East) 1890 - published 2020; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 075.10b Southport (East) 1909 - published 1995; intro by Nick Burton
  • 075.13a Birkdale 1892 - published 2020; intro by Kay Parrott
  • 075.13b Birkdale 1909 - published 1996; intro by Nick Burton
  • 090.04 Formby 1906 - published 2001; intro by Jennifer Lewis
  • 091.15 Maghull (North) 1907 - published 2023; introduction by Kay Parrott
  • 098.08 Blundellsands 1907 - published 2001; introduction by Mike Greatbatch
  • 099.02 Sefton Village 1907 - published 2002; intro by Roger Hull
  • 099.03 Maghull (South) 1906 - published 2003; intro by Roger Hull
  • 099.05a Great Crosby 1907 - published 2000; intro by Mike Greatbatch
  • 099.05b Great Crosby 1925 - published 2023; intro by Kay Parrott
  • 099.09a Waterloo & Seaforth 1905 - published 2003; intro by Jennifer Lewis
  • 099.09b Waterloo & Seaforth 1925 - published 2023; intro by Kay Parrott
  • 099.10 Litherland East 1906 - published 2017; intro by Kay Parrott
  • 099.11 Aintree 1906 - published 1998; intro by Kay Parrott
  • 099.13 Bootle Docks 1907 - published 1989; intro by Mike Greatbatch
  • 099.14 Bootle (North) 1906 - published 2000; intro by Mike Greatbatch
  • 099.15 Fazakerley 1906 - published 1998; intro by Naomi Evetts
  • 106.02a Bootle 1890 - published 2019; intro by Kay Parrott
  • 106.02b Bootle 1907 - published 1989; intro by Mike Greatbatch
  • 106.03 Walton on the Hill 1906 - published 1997; intro by Kay Parrott
  • 106.04 Croxteth Hall 1906 - published 2002; intro by Kay Parrott

    You might find this index map useful:

  • for Southport, Ormskirk

    The area is also covered in our Inch to the Mile series. The principal sheets for this area are:

  • 66/74 The Fylde & Southport 1896 - published 2005; intro by Alan Godfrey.
  • 75 Ribble Estuary 1901 - published 2000; intro by Alan Crosby. Includes a large scale map of Bamber Bridge.

    Go to this link for further details of our Inch to the Mile maps.


  • Most maps in the Godfrey Edition are taken from the 25 inch to the mile map and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. For a full list of English maps, return to the England page


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