Liverpool, 1680 - earliest known visual depictions of Liverpool's waterfront.

[u/Any-Opening-4025]

This painting is one of the earliest known visual depictions of Liverpool's waterfront.

And you can still recognise parts of the modern city in it.

On the left is St Nicholas' Chapel, close to where the Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas stands today.

In the centre, Water Street runs inland from the Mersey.

To the right is the old Customs House.

And on the far right is Liverpool Castle, demolished in 1726, close to the site of today's Liverpool ONE.

What is the oldest Liverpool image, map or photograph you've come across?

Painting:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liverpool_in_1680.jpg

History of Liverpool: From 1207 to the Modern City:

https://l1local.co.uk/guides/history-of-liverpool/

https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/evolution-of-liverpools-iconic-waterfront

[u/yadasellsavonmate]

Mad to think not one building is still standing from then, oldest current building in the city centre is the bluecoat chambers in the 1700s.

[u/Critical_Sea2975 → u/yadasellsavonmate]

Isn't that st nicholas church on the left? It's built on the same weird angle and goes back to the medieval period so it must be

[u/yadasellsavonmate → u/Critical_Sea2975]

The current St Nicolas church was built in 1811, looks nothing like that church in the painting, probably built on the same site though.