Community history map
Every place has a story.
Local Past is a free map where people pin photos and memories to real places — streets, houses, and villages.
Illustration preview only — scroll down for real community photos, or use Browse places on the map.
How it works
Everyone’s welcome — whether you’re sorting through old family photos or just curious about your street, we build this map together.
Browse places
Search a country down to a single street. See what's already there.
Add what you know
A photo, a memory, an archive reference. You don't have to be a historian.
Watch the threads connect
Your record joins everyone else's into the wider history of a street, a family, a parish.
Recently added
Browse all places on the map →Real photos from the community — pinned to places and people. Place photos show an address; person photos show who’s in the picture.
21 September 2026Featured
Place photo
The Bear
Sheep Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Added by Clare Hopkins
Places
about 1950
Place photo
Horton Hospital
Cavendish Walk, Manor Park, Greater London, England
Added by Clare Hopkins
about 1939
Place photo
138 Snape Hill Road
Darfield, South Yorkshire, England
Added by Clare Hopkins
08 September 2026
Place photo
Stanwick Lakes
Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England
Added by Clare Hopkins
Where did your family come from? What do you remember about your village?
Local knowledge disappears quickly. It doesn’t have to.
Have a photo or memory to share?
Sign up to pin it to a place — it only takes a minute, and you don’t need to be a historian.