Mapping Windrush Arrivals

In June 2020, the map-based history website, Layers of London, released a new mapping layer locating and documenting the passengers who arrived on the Empire Windrush in 1948. The data for the mapping layer originated from a project co-curated by historian Dr John Price, a Senior Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London. In this article, John outlines the background to the project and some of the aims and objectives as well as discussing some of the themes that have emerged from the mapping process and the ongoing crowdsourcing aspects of the project.