We are not able at the present time to provide details of all the maps which we offer. We hope gradually to extend this page to provide details of the remaining maps.
3022: Salford (Adelphi) 1848, 36 inches to 1 rnile. Includes: Broughton Mills, Adelphi New Dye Works, Pine Street Print Works, Adelphi Print Works, River Irwell, St Phillip’s Church in Bank Street, Shaw’s Brow, St Matthias Church in Broughton Road. St Stephen’s Church in St Stephen’s Street, Salford Gas Works, Salford Iron Works, etc.
3023: Manchester Victoria 1849. 36 inches to 1 mile. The River Irwell, the boundary between Manchester & Salford runs roughly north to south down the middle of the map, with various mills and works along the Salford side, while on the Manchester side timber yards, wireworks and a tannery are neighbours of Manchester Cathedral, the Collegiate Church. Victoria Railway Station, with Walkers Croft Cemetery to the south.Manchester Union Workhouse to the north, is prominent to the right of the map. The area is intensely populated with cellar dwellings, back to back houses and courts inhabited by the poorest of the city.
3024: Manchester (New Cross) 1849. 36 inches to 1 mile. Covers the eastern side of the centre of Manchester, including Ancoats and Angel Meadow. Swan St. Oldham Rd. Great Ancoats St. and Oldham St. meet at New Cross. North of Rochdale Rd. is Angel Meadow, St. Michael’s Church & graveyard, and the Parochial Burial Ground. Oldham Rd. Railway Station is the terminus of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Numerous mills and works are identified,and there is an intensive concentration of housing.
3027: New Bailey and Ordsall Lane 1848. 36 inches to 1 mile. Bounded by The Crescent & Chapel St. to the north. Oldfield Rd. to the west, London & North Western Railway to the south and New Bailey St. to the east. Mostly industrial with mills timber yards, warehouses and wharfs by the River Irwell and M/c. Bolton & Bury Canal. New Bailey Prison is bounded by New Bailey St. Upper Booth St. Irwell St. and Stanley St. Also shows Salford and Pendleton Royal Dispensary and various churches and chapels. Housing concentrated mainly round Islington and Oldfield Rd.
3028: Manchester City Centre 1849. 36 inches to 1 mile. The River Irwell cuts across the top left of the map - dividing Manchester and Salford. Wood St. Yorkshire St. and Worsley St. are the parts of Salford shown. Blackfriars St. St. Mary’s Gate and Cannon St. are to the north. Peter St. to the south and High St. to the east.Many churches and chapels are shown as well as The Town Hall, Royal Institution and the Mechanics Institution.
3029: Manchester Piccadilly 1849. 36 inches to 1 mile. Manchester Infirmary bounded by Piccadilly, George St. Parker St. and Portland St. is prominent on the map, otherwise mainly industrial with mills, warehouses, coal & stone wharfs around the area of the Rochdale Canal, and the M/c.Ashton u Lyne, Oldham & Stockport Canal.
3032: Castlefield 1848. 36 inches to 1 mile. Terminus of Bridgewater Canal and of Liverpool & Manchester Railway.River Irwell crosses the area north to south-west, and is joined by the Medlock at Hulme Lock. Various mills in the area, along with stores, warehouses,and dye works. The site of the Roman Fort circa 79AD, is marked. Top left is a residential area of Salford around Ordsall Ln. and Regent Rd. Chester Rd. cuts across the bottom right, and Liverpool Rd. & Wellington Pl. are at the top right.
3033: Manchester (Oxford Street and Gaythorn) 1849. 36 inches to 1 mile. Peter St. to north,river Medlock meanders across the south around M/c. Gas Works and Chorlton Mills. “Little Ireland” is isolated by the Medlock and the M/c. Jouth junction & Altrincham Railway. Knott Mill is to the south-west. Oxford St. runs north to south-east. M/c. & Salford Junction Canal joins Rochdale Canal between Great Bridgewater St. and the railway. Also shows Free Trade Hall, Theatre Royal, Museum of Natural History and St. Peter’s Church. Residential area around ByromSt. Deansgate and Lower Mosley St.
3034: Manchester (London Road)1849. 36 inches to 1 mile. The River Medlock meanders its way across middle of map. To the north is London Rd. Railway Station. To the west is Brook St. east is Mayfield St. and south-east is Ardwick Green. The Rochdale Canal crosses the top left corner of the map. London Rd. Runs north to south to become Downing St. Mainly a residential area with works around Ardwick in south and the Rochdale Canal in the north-west.
3035: Manchester: Upper Ardwick 1849 36 inches to 1 mile. Continuing the series of this scale of maps of Manchester, to the right of the London Road 1849 map. Includes: St Andrew’s Church, St Andrew’s Square; Tipping Street Chapel; St Silas Church, Ashton Road; River Medlock London & North Western Railway; Ancoats Bridge Dye Works; Mount Street Dye Works; Great Ancoats Street (part); Pin Mill Brow; Fairfield Street - Ogden Street - Ashton Road; etc.
3037: Hulme, St. George’s, Manchester. 1849 36 inches to 1 mile Includes; Hulme Hall dry dock, Hulme Hall Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, Queen St. Wesleyan Methodist School, The Prince of Wales public house, Pryme St./Silver St. Christ Church School and Burial Grounds, Cedar St., Cavalry Barracks, Corbrook Park
3038: Hulme, Manchester. 1844 36 inches to 1 mile. Includes; Great Jackson St., Riga St., Medlock St. Glassworks, George St. Chapel, Cambridge St. Mills, Scotch Church Ormond St. Chorlton upon Medlock Union Workhouse, Trinity Church and Zion Chapel on Stretford New Rd., St Wilfred’s R.C Chapel and Burial Ground, Clopton St.
3039: Manchester Chorlton-on-Medlock 1848 36 inches to 1 mile Includes: Grosvenor Square, Oxford St., All Saints Church, Grosvenor St Chapel, Rusholme Rd Cemetery, Choriton upon Medlock Brewery, Oxford St Chapel, Upper Brook St. Higher Temple St. etc.
3041: Manchester: Higher Ardwick 1849 36 inches to 1 mile . This map fits below the Upper Ardwick 1849 map, Code 3035 above. Includes: Ardwick Cemetery & Station; Hyde Rd; Stockport and London Rd; Devonshire Street; Syndall Street; Ardwick Green (part); etc.
3051: Pendle 1896 1 inch to 1 mile. Pendle Hill occupies much of the central part of this sheet. To the NW it is flanked by the River Ribble, and beyond are the lower slopes of the Forest of Bowland. To the SE is the River Calder, with the Pennines rising to 1,700ft. The map shows the western side of the easiest Pennine crossing from the Ribble to the Aire valley. The map is split almost equally between Lancashire and Yorkshire. The border pursues a strange course across the map, it starts out in the SE corner following the east-west watershed of the Pennines, but it then follows the river down to Great Mitton, and then up the River Hodder to the edge of the map. Includes: Crawshaw, Bolton by Bowland, Barnoldswick, Lothersdale, Nelson, Colne. Clitheroe, Padiham, part of Burnley, Billington, Whalley, etc.
3052: Ribble Estuary 1901 1 inch to 1 mile. The ancient town of Preston is the focus of the map, a town which for centuries had served as the market centre for a wide tract of countryside stretching across the Lancashire plain and up the Ribble valley into the hills. Renowned for its Guild, the great carnival ceiebration held once every twenty years, Preston had an illustrious past, and at the height of its Victorian splendour lost no opportunity to display its medieval ‘Lamb and Flag’ emblem and proclaim its triumphant motto, Proud Preston. Other places included: Kirkham. Tarlton, Longton. Rufford. Croston, Mawdsley, Chorley, Rivington, Eccleston, Belmont, Mellor, Balderstone, etc.
3053: Rossendale 1895 1 inch to 1 mile. Includes: Blackburn (part), Rishton, Clayton le Moors, Accrington, Rawtenstall, Haslingden, Burnley (part), Todmorden, Bacup, Ramsbottom, Littleborough, Part Rochdale, etc.
3054: South Lancashire Coalfield 1907 1 inch to 1 mile. Includes: Orrnskirk; Burscough Bridge; Parbold; Blackrod; Horwich; Aughton; Skelmersdale; Upholland; Wigan; Hindley; part Atherton; Kirkby; Rainford; part Knowsley; Eccleston; St Helens; Ashton in Makerfield; Earlestown; Leigh; Culcheth; etc.
3055: Manchester & District 1896 1 inch to 1 mile. Although the date of the survey is given as 1871-72, careful examination of the map reveals that it must have been updated in the 1890s as it includes the Manchester Ship Canal, which was completed in 1894, but does not include the Trafford Park Industrial Estate which was started in 1897. Places included are: Bradshaw, Harwood, Bolton, Bury, Radcliffe, Heywood, Milnrow, Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton under Lyne, Stalybridge, Hyde, Denton, Levenshulme, Rusholine, part Stretford, Irlam, Tyldesley, Little Hulton, Deane, etc.
3056: Calderdale and Huddersfield 1902. From Hebden Bridge in the west to Dewsbury in the east. From Great Horton in the north to Huddersfield and Slaithwaite in the south. Other major towns are Halifax, Brighouse, Batley and Sowerby Bridge.
3057: Wakefield & District 1907. From the south of Leeds in the north to Hemsworth and North Elmsall in the south. Morley in the west to Womersley and Campsall in the east. Wakefield, Knottingley & Castleford take up the central area.
3058: Dark Peak (The) 1908-13 1 inch to 1 mile. Includes: Denshaw, Marsden, Meltham, Honley, Shelley, Skelmanthorpe, Saddleworth, Holmfirth, Denby Dale, Mossley, Tintwistle, Hollingworth, Hattersley, Glossop (part), SmalIfleld, etc.
3059: Whitchurch, Nantwich, English & Maelor 1905 1 inch to 1 mile. Covers an area of 216 square miles, including parts of the counties of Cheshire (to the north), Shropshire (to the SE) and (to the SW) the largest detached part of the old (pre 1974) county of Flintshire known as English Maelor (Maelor Saesneg). Places included are: Farndon, Holt, Clutton, Bulkeley, Cholmondeley, Burland, Acton, Threapwood, Penley, Nantwich, Audlem, Adderley, Whitchurch, Tilstock, etc.
3060: High Peak (The) 1906 1 inch to 1 mile. Includes Glossop and Bradfield Moors in the North. Goytsbridge, Tideswell, Stony Middleton and Curbar in the South. Disley to the West and Hathersage to the East. The Peak, Edale and Castleton are central to the area. There is a large-scale map of Hathersage on the reverse side.
3061: The White Peak 1906. From Buxton in the north to Leek in the south. Pilsley in the east to Macclesfield Forest in the west. The area around Monyash has numerous old lead mines and tumuli (burial mounds or barrows).
3062: Liverpool & The Wirrall 1904 1 inch to 1 mile. From west of Point of Air to Liverpool. New Brighton down to Ness. Great Sutton. Liverpool Bay is in the north west with the Rivers Dee and Mersey flowing into it both making their way around large sandbanks.
3063: Stockport, Altrincham & NE Cheshire 1912. 1 inch to 1 mile. Fits below Code no.3055, Manchester and District 1896. Ranges from Chorton-cum-Hardy in North, Nether & Over Alderlley in South, Lymm in West and Marple in East.
3064: The Lower Mersey - Runcorn & Warrington 1913. 1 inch to 1 mile. Takes in from Old Swan, Garston, Ellesmere Port to Arley Hall, Great Budworth and Statham, west to east; Knowsley Park, Collins Green to Whitby, Anderton & Marston, north to south. Warrington, Widnes & Runcorn prominent in the central area. There is a map of Preston on the Hill on the reverse.
3065: The Fylde & Southport 1896. 1 inch to 1 mile. Consists of two maps ranging from Fleetwood, down through Blackpool, then through St Anne's, across the River Ribble and the sand banks down to Southport, with the bonus of a map of Knott End and Preesall on the reverse.
3066: Barrow-in-Furness & Walney Island 1896. 1 inch to 1 mile. This map just shows the town of Barrow and the many sand banks and channels in the area of Morecambe Bay. On the reverse is a map of the iron mines in the area.
3067: Chester & Central Cheshire 1905. 1 inch to 1 mile. Ranges from Chester across to Northwich, Winsford and Church Minshull in the east. On the reverse is a detailed map of Tattenhall.
3068: Macclesfield, Congleton & District 1898 (1 inch to 1 mile) £2.25, 25gms. This is another map in the England series, it fits to the right of the Chester 1905 map (Code 3067) and includes:- Lostock Green, Nether Peover, Henbury cum Pexall, Middlewich, Holmes Chapel, Swettenham, Wincle, part Crewe, part Alsager, Horton, etc.
3069: Formby, Crosby & District 1896 (1 inch to 1 mile) £2.25, 25gms. This is map number 83 of the series as shown on the grid below. Approx. 2/3 of the map shows the sea, Liverpool Bay.The remaining is land, shows Ainsdale, Freshfield, part Scarisbrick, Pinfold, Great Altcar, Lydiate, Maghull, Little Crosby, Orrell Aintree, part Walton on the Hill, etc.On the back is a map of Little Crosby and its housing.
3070: Garstang & District 1896 (1 inch to 1 mile). This map is sheet 67 in the England series, it fits to the right of the map of Fylde & Southport 1896, Sheet 66 & 74,(Code 3065) and includes:- Pilling, Cockerham Moss, Forton, Holme Head, Garstang, Claughton, Chipping, Great Eccleston, St. Michael’s on Wyre, Wesham, Ribchester, etc.
3071: Lancaster & District 1896 (1 inch to 1 mile). This map is sheet 59 in the England series, it fits above the Lancaster & District 1896 sheet 67 (as above Code 3070) and includes:- Carnforth, Wennington, High Bentham, Bolton le Sands, Wray, Morecambe, Heysham, Lancaster, Aldcliffe, Scotforth, Thurnham, Bowland Forest, Dolphinholme, etc.
3103: Manchester Chorlton cum Hardy & Stretford 1905. Includes: Longford Bridge; Longford Hall; All Saints Church; Bridgewater canal; Stretford railway station Manchester south junction & Altrincham railway; Stretford cemetery; Edge House; Erlington; Northleigh; the Unitarian and Baptist Chapels off Wilbraham Road.
3108: Manchester Fallowfleld 1904. Includes: Moss Side Brick Works, Demesne Farm, part Rusholme Ward, Platt Hall, Holy Trinity Church in Plan Lane, Birch Fields, Birch Hall, St James’s Church in Danes Road Rusholme, Owen’s College, The Oaks, Norton House, Bumage Hall, Manchester Athletic Ground, Wilmslow Road, etc.
3110: Manchester (SE) 1915. Bounded by Barmouth St. Ashbury Works and Union Iron Works to east, Oxford Rd. Sackville St. and Manchester City Police Courts to west. Dale St. canal basin, Mill St. Pollard St. and Hassop St. to north. Stockport Rd. runs south as does the L&NWR. Crewe & Manchester Line. Main area is Ardwick crossed by numerous railway lines and sidings --- London Rd. Mayfield and Ancoats Goods Stations. Manchester City Football Ground is sandwiched between the railway and Bennett’s Sidings. This is a heavily populated area with terraced houses alongside various mills and works.
3111: Manchester (SW) 1894. Covers the area south-east of city centre. Manchester Royal Infirmary is at the top right corner. Salford Goods Station is left of centre at top. Castle Field Wharves are in the middle. River Irwell flows north to south-west joining the Manchester Ship Canal below Hulme Foot Bridge. Central Railway Station is on Windmill St. behind The Free Trade Hall. The lower half of map covers Hulme -- a highly populated area with streets of terraced houses. There are numerous works and mills, and the Cavalry Barracks is at the bottom of the map.
3117: Whalley Range, Lancashire 1905 Includes: Darley Hall, Springfield Lodge, St Bede’s R.C. College, Alexandra Park, St Gertrude’s Convent, Independent College, part of Chorlton cum Hardy, Primitive Methodist College, William Hulme’s Grammar School, part Manchester Central Railway Line, St Werburgh’s Church, Old Hall Farm.
3118: Manchester-Moss Side 1889 This was one of the most heavily populated areas in Manchester with well over 8,000 terraced dwellings and over 200 dwellings with gardens. Includes: Breweries: Albert, Alexandra, Crown, Empress, Queen’s; Churches; St Bride’s, St Mary’s; un-named Churches and Chapels on Streets - Erskine St, Choriton Rd, Gt Western St, Stretford Rd; Medlock St.; Renshaw St. Barton St; Main Roads - Stretford Rd, Upper Choriton Rd, Whalley Rd, Claremont Rd, Denmark Rd; also Brooks’s Bar, All Saints, part Greenheys and Alexandra Park Withington; etc.
3119: Manchester-Withington & Burnage 1916. Indudes: Ladybarn; St Margaret’s Church, School and Rectory Burnage Lane; Mauldeth Road Railway Station; Wilmslow & Levenshulme Railway; Withington Hall; Yew Tree Farm; St Paul’s Church & Graveyard Wilinslow Road; St Cuthbert’s RC Church Palatine Road; etc.
3120: Lancashire Denton (Town Centre) 1918. Includes: Plant Iron Foundry; Audenshaw Cemetery; Sewage Works (Stalybridge & Dukinfield Joint Board); Wellington Fur Works; Christ Church Manchester Road; Various Hat Manufacturers; Haughton; Victoria hon Works; Lowe’s Arms Hotel; Picture Palace Ashworth Street;etc.
3121: Manchester (NE) 1891. One of the most populated areas of Manchester, with thousands of dwellings surrounding cotton mills, saw mills, railways, goods yards, gas works, floor cloth works, chemical works. Smithfield Market, iron works, oil works, Tramways, etc. Includes: Great Horrocks; Miles Platting; New Cross; Ancoats; Holt Town; Oldham Road commencing at Swan Street/Great Aneoats Street as far as Hulme Hall Lane at Miles Platting. Churches include St Catherine’s, St George’s, St Jame’s Little Newton Street, St Jame’s Teignmouth Street, St John’s, St Lukes, St Mary’s, St Martin’s, St Patrick’s, St Peter’s, St Philips.
3122: Manchester: Denton (West) 1916. Includes: St George’s Ch. Abbey Hey Lane; St Agnes Ch. St Agnes Street; Wilton Arms and Queens Hotel Manchester Rd; Grove House; Gorton House; Denton House; Debdale Recreation Ground & Band Stand; Reservoirs at Audenshaw, Denton, Gorton; Brook Green; Lancashire Felt Works; Denton Gas Works; etc.
3123: Lancashire: Manchester (Harpurhey & Collyhurst) 1891. Rochdale Road runs down the centre of the map from Pickering Street, Harpurhey to Brydonville Street, Collyhurst. Includes: Queen’s Park Cernetery, Monsall Hospital; Miles Platting Railway Stn.; Moston Bottoms; St.Luke’s Church, Smedley; St Augustine’s Church; etc.
3124: Levenshulme 1905. Includes Stockport Road from Slade Hall Road to Cringle Road; L&NWR Railway Crewe and Manchester Line Rushford, Crowcroft and Alma Parks; GCR Manchester Central Station Line; Midway Hotel; Levenshulme Print Works; Bleach and Dye Works; Chemical Works; Cotton Mill; St Mary and St Clare’s RC Church and School, Eriwood Road; St Peter’s Church Barlow Road and Stockport Road; etc.
3125: Oldham (South) 1906. Includes: St. Thomas Church Coppice, Primrose Bank, Copster Hill, Hathershaw, Glodwick Brook, Cherry Valley, Alexandra Park, also includes: Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Junction Railway, Tramway along King Street & Ashton Road, etc.
3126: Chorlton-cum-Hardy (South) 1905. Mainly farmlands with a few rows of terraced houses. Includes: Sale Priory, Cricket Ground Sale Road, Old Hall, Bridge Inn, Withington Sewage Works (Manchester Corporation), also includes: the River Mersey & Choriton Brook, etc.
3127: Lancashire: Oldham (East) 1907. Includes: Greenacres; Hey; Limehurst R.D.;Spring Hill; Austerlands; Stone Breaks; Shelderslow; Oldharn Football Ground; St. Margaret’s Mission Church; Prince of Wales Cotton Mill; other cotton mills-Greenacres, Ruby, Longfiekl, Cairo, Majestic, Dowry, Equitable, Further Hey, Athens, Brookside, etc.
3128: Lancashire: Oldham 1907. Includes: West Hulme, Cold Hurst, Frank Hill, Bank Top, Lower Moor, Mumps, Rhodes Bank, Acre, Townfield, Greenacres Moor, Moor Hey, etc.
3129: Lancashire: Chadderton 1907 (15 inches to 1 mile). Fits on to the left hand side of the Oldham 1907 map code 3128. It includes: Chadderton Park Springbrook Works (Bleaching, Dying & Finishing); Chadderton Cemetery, Westhulme Fever Hospital; Hartford Iron Works; Middleton Junction & Oldham Branch Railway; Stock Brook; Ferney Field; St. Mary’s Church & School, Milne Street; various cotton mills; etc.
3130: Lancashire: Lydgate, Roaches & Quick 1906 (15 inches to I mile). Continuing around the Oldham area, this map fits on the right side of Lees 1906 map. ‘The Yorkshire boundary with Lancashire and with Cheshire traversing the bottom portion of the map separates the modern boroughs of Oldham and Tameside. Both, since 1974, lie within the county of Greater Manchester’. Includes: Grotton Brow; Cover Hill; Thomlee; Pioneer Glazed Brick Works; Holly Bank; St Anne’s Ch, Lydgate; Grasscroft (part); Royal George Mills (Woollen); Dacres Hall; Shaw Hall Bank; etc.
3131: Manchester (NW) & Central Salford 1915. Takes in north of city centre from St. Annes Church through The Cathedral, Chethams Hospital and Library, Victoria and Exchange stations to His Majesty’s Prison and Assize Courts in north. To the east is St. Michael’s Church and Graveyard (Angel Meadow), and the Wholesale Fish Market. To the west is Peel Park and The Royal Museum & Free Libraries, Salford. The river Irwell meanders from south to north forming part of the boundary between Manchester and Salford. Many mills and works of different kinds sit alongside cramped streets of terraced houses.
3132: Salford (West) 1916. Fills in the blank spaces in the Salford part of the Manchester & Salford areas. The map fits between Pendleton North 1889 and Salford Docks 1905. As will be realized this area is very highly populated with mainly terraced houses included in Seedley, Langworthy, St Paul’s and St. Thomas Wards. Includes: Brindle Heath, Pendleton, Wallness, New Windsor, part of the Crescent. Also includes: Public Baths, Mission Hall & Bowling Green on Derby Road; St. Luke’s Church, St. Luke’s Rd; Seedley Bleach Works; Seedley Station; St. Ambrose’s Church, Liverpool St; St Barnabas Church & School, Frederick Rd; Gas Works, Albion St., and various cotton mills,etc.
3133: Eccles 1905. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits between Swinton Park (3351) and Trafford Park (3353). Includes: Church St.; Eccles Old Road; Lancaster Rd.; Stott Lane; Weaste Lane; Weaste Hall; Salford Football Ground; Little Bolton Hall; Bolton Lodge; Salford Union Infirmary; Ladywell Sanatorium; St. James's Church; Eccles Mill; Eccles station; Hope Hall; St. Mary's Church; Quilt Manufactory; St. Andrew's Church.
3134: 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits above Openshaw (3114) and between Manchester NE (3121) and Droylsden (3107). Covers from Philips Park Sidings and Park Engineering Works in NW, Clayton Bridge in NE, Forge Lane and Ashton New Road in SW and Manor Road in SE. Philips Park Cemetery and Philips Park cover a large area. Also prominent are Clayton Hall, Clayton Smallpox Hospital and St Cross church.
3135: 15 inches to 1 mile. Sedgley Park & Farm, Sedgley New Hall in NW, Bowker Bank Works in NE, Higher Crumpsall to East, Cheetham Hill in SE with many streets of terraced houses in contrast to the large detached properties of Broughton Park, Sedgley Park and parts of Crumpsall.Main roads include Bury New Road, Bury Old Road, Middleton Road, Singleton Road, Crumpsall Lane& Woodlands Road.
3136: 15 inches to 1 mile. Manchester Racecourse bounded by the River Irwell in the NW corner of the map. The river runs south where it passes the Albion Greyhound Racecourse in the SW corner. Cheetham Hill Road runs north to south at the eastern edge. An area of concentrated terraced housing. Brick works dominate the south along with various waterproofing works.
3137: Newton Heath 1915. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits above Manchester (Clayton) 1932 (3134) and to the right of Harpurhey & Collyhurst 1891 (3123). Includes part of Lightbowne, as well as Newton Heath. Prominent are the Lightbowne sidings of the L & Y R Manchester & Normanton. Mainly residential with saw mills, brick works, dye works, glass works, cotton mills and a carriage & wagon works.
3138: Moston 1933 This map fits above the map of Newton Heath 1915 (Code 3137) and to the right of the Blackley 1915 (Code 3139). It includes:- Blackley Golf Course, Shackcliffe Green, Chain Bar, Broadhurst Park, New Moston, Street Fold, St. Joseph’s Cemetery on Lightbowne Road, Engineering Wire Works, Failsworth Golf Course, Lower Memorial Park, etc. Also part of the Boating Lake in Boggart Hole Clough.
3140: Failsworth & Hollinwood 1932 This map fits to the right of the above map of Moston 1933 (Code 3138). It includes:- Part of New Moston; Hollinwood Branch of the LMS Railway; Rochdale Canal; Oldham Road runs from Grammar School Road at Hollinwood Reservoir, Chadderton at the top of the map to Ash Street at the bottom of the map near to Firs Mill (Cotton). Mainly terraced housing along each side of Oldham Road and Hollins Road. Also includes:- Cotton Mills – Asia, Oldham Albian, Devon, Brook, Fox, Lime, Hollinwood, Albert, Mersey, Ivy Firs; Hollinwood Cemetery; Electrical Engineering Works (Ferranti)
3142: Higher Blackley 1906 (15” to 1 mile) £2.25, 25gms. This map fits to the right of Heaton Park 1907 map (Code 3356) It shows mainly farm lands. In Higher Blackley includes: St Andrew’s Church, and Terraced Housing in Crab Lane. Also includes:- Pike Fold Cottages, Plant Hill, Victoria Avenue runs across the map and meets Rochdale Road. Rochdale Road runs down the map from Middleton to Blackley Rectory in Moston. Etc.
3143: North Chadderton & SW Royton 1932 (15 inches to 1 mile). This map fits above the Chadderton 1907 map (Code 3129). Mainly farmlands and includes:- Three Gates Boarshaw Lane, Racefield Smallpox Hospital, Thorp Clough, Vine Mill (Cotton), Lane End Mill (Cotton), Grape Mill (Cotton), Healds Green, Street Bridge, Haggate, Royley, Holden Fold, Chadderton Fold, part Broadway, Boundary Park Football Ground, etc.
3201: Liverpool: Anfleld 1908. This part of Liverpool includes: a section of Liverpool cemetery in the Anfield ward, Heatherlea; Liverpool foothall ground, Breckfield Ward; Clubmoor; part of West Derby; Tue Brook; L&NW Railway.
3215: Liverpool: Speke & Garston Docks. There are two maps, one side shows the Speke farm lands on either side of Bailey’s Lane. Also shown Speke Town; Woodend Farm; Greyhound Farm; All Saints Church Hale Road; Stockton Wood; Sutton Grange. On the other side is the Garston Ward and indudes: Hamilton Iron Works; Conholme Bobbin Works; Tannery; Salt Docks; Garston Rocks; Methodlist Chapel Bank Road; Football Ground; etc.
3216: Liverpool: Woolton 1904. Mainly farmland it includes: Sewage Farm; North End; Gerrard’s Farm; Georgeson’s Farm; Okell’s Farm; Lyon’s House; Bridgefield; Halewood Lane Ends, etc.
3217: Liverpool: Kirkdale 1906. From a small village Kirkdale had, by the end of the 19th century, become the most densely populated area of Liverpool, accommodating a substantial part of Liverpoors dock system audits dependent industry. Already in the l870s it had a population of nearly 33,000 and by 1908 it was covered by streets of terrace housing. Terraced houses cover the whole of the map with the Dockland to the left and continuing on the reverse side of the map. Includes: Kirkdale Recreation Ground; Stanley Park; St Chats Church; Eveston Alley, St Aiden’s Church; Latham Street; St Edward’s R.C.College; St George’s Church & Graveyard; Northumberland Terrace; City Hospital North; etc.
3218: Liverpool: Aintree 1906 includes the Aintree Race Course; Greenwich Park; Athletic Ground Kirkdale Cemetery; Railways - Cheshire lines, Liverpool, Blackburn & Accrington Line; Fazackerley & North Mersey Branch; Leeds & Liverpool Canal; etc.
3221: Liverpool: Bootle (North) 1906 (15 inches to 1 mile) . Includes: Hawthorne Tannery Smelling Works; Havelock Works (Zinc); Linacre Brick & Tile Works; Linacre (las Works; St Elizabeth RC Church, Pennington Road; St Andrews Church, Linacre Road; Infectious Disease Hospital, Linacre Lane; HM Prison, Hornby Road; Liverpool Parochial Cemetery, Hornby Rd; also includes: Orrell Park; Warbreck Park; Victoria Park; Leeds Liverpool Canal; Bootle Goods Branch Railway, etc.
3222: Liverpool: Garston 1905 (15” inches to I mile). ‘Garston is situated five and a half miles from the centre of Liverpool and once formed one of the eight townships of the parish of Childwall. In the 1840s Garston was still a picturesque village, set in fields and surrounded by trees. The villagers would have been largely self-sufficient and many would never, or seldom, leave the village, even to travel to Liverpool’. The rest of its history is continued on the back of the map. It includes: Aigburth Hall; Liverpool Cricket & Football Ground; Wood End Park; Grassendale Park; Cressington Park; Greenhill Nursery; Cheshire Lines Railway & L.& N.W.R. Creosote Works; St.Michaels Ch, Church Road; etc. Plus, as usual, some of the major streets with the names and occupation of the inhabitants.
3223: Liverpool: Kirkby 1907 “Kirkby is situated 7 miles to the NE of Liverpool on the Lancashire Plain. “The map shows mainly farm land and includes: Melling (part); Waddicar; Leeds & Liverpool Canal; L.& Y. R. Liverpool, Bolton & Bury Line; St. Chad’s Church & Graveyard at Kirkby; etc.
3224: Liverpool: Allerton 1905. This map covers the area between Wavertree and Mossley Hill, parts of which are shown on this map. It includes: Penketh HaIl; Sefton Park Railway Station; Grove House (Home for Incurable Children); Baptist Church, Barndale Road; Elm Hall; Liverpool Polo Ground; All Hallows’ Church, Greenhill Road; etc.
3225: Liverpool: Sefton Village 1907 Covers mainly farmland, with the small village of Sefton. The area is north of Liverpool and shows part of Lunt.
3226: Liverpool: Croxteth Hall 1906. This map fits above West Derby map (Code 3214) and to the right of Walton on the Hill map (Code 3219) in the Mersyside area. It is mainly open ground with Croxteth Hall to the lower middle right of the map. Includes: Church of the Good Shepherd; Police Station; Dog & Gun Inn; Parkside Nursery; Norris Green; etc.
3227: Liverpool: Maghull (South). Mainly rural. Maghull Hall is just southwest of the town. Two main railway lines - L&YR Liverpool, Blackburn and Accrington line, and Cheshire Lines Railway cross the area.
3251: Liverpool: Hanover St. 1848-64 36” to 1 mile. This is the first of the large scale maps of Liverpool, highly populated around Hanover Street. Includes:- Albert, Canning and Salthouse Docks, the Customs House nearby in Canning Place. Several Churches in the area along with a Sailor’s Home, Blue Coat Hospital and the Royal Liver Theatre, etc.
3252: Liverpool (London Road) 1848-64. The second in the Liverpool large scale 36 inches to 1 mile series. Extends west to east from Lime Street to Ardwick Street and Elizabeth Street, north to south from Islington Street to the lunatic asylum. Works include timber yards, oil works, flag yard, coach factory. There are Schools for the Indigent Blind and an infirmary. Churches include St Jude's, Christ Church and St Nicholas RC Chapel.
3253: Liverpool (Mount Pleasant) 1848. This is one of the large scale 36 inches to 1 mile series. Includes: Liverpool Parish Workhouse, Philharmonic Hall, St Luke's Church, Alms Houses, St Mary's Cemetery. Industry includes: Ranelagh Street Brass & Copper Works, a stone mason's yard and various timber works.
3254: Liverpool Pierhead Prince's & George's Docks 1850-64. 36 inches to 1 mile. This map comes in two parts, showing the Prince's and George's Docks. Also shows several streets, including Old Hall St, Bath St and Chapel St. Industry includes several coal yards, a brewery, carriage shed and engine shed. St Nicholas' Church and graveyard is near to George's Dock Basin.
3255: Liverpool (Great Howard Street) 1864. 36 inches to 1 mile. This large scale map includes:- Trafalgar, Victoria and Waterloo Docks, Prince’s Dock Basin, Waterloo Road runs from top to bottom of the map with Vulcan Street at the top and Denison Street at the bottom and with Waterloo Railway Station (Goods) in the middle. Also shows – R.C. Chapel on Chadwick St., Great Howard Street Railway Station, Northern Hospital, etc.
3256: Liverpool (Shaw Street) 1848 36 inches to 1 mile. This large scale map fits above the map of Liverpool (London Road) 1864 (Code 3252). A well populated area with terraced houses and houses with gardens. Shows North Hay Market, Juvenal Street top left; Portland Place, off Christian Street bottom left; Chesswell Street, off Everton Road top right and Erskine Street, off Brunswick Road bottom left. Also includes:- Floor Cloth Factory, St. Ann’s Church, Soho Brewery & Rice Mills, Myrtle Brewery, Adelphi Theatre, Pleasure Grounds, St. Xavier’s Chapel, St. Augustine’s Church, etc
3257: This map fits below the Liverpool (Hanover St) 1848-64 map (Code 3251). Half of the map covers the dock areas and warehouses. The other half covers residential areas and factories. Includes:- Hoop Manufactory, Soap Manufactory, Rice Mills, London and North Western Railway Goods Terminus, St. Michael’s Church Up. Pitt Street, St. James Street Brewery, Brick Street Brewery, Wesleyan Methodist School Jordan Street, etc.
3258: This large scale map fits to the right of the map of Liverpool (Wapping) 1849-64 (Code 3257) and below map Mount Pleasant 1848 (Code 3253). Shows mainly terraced housing with the middle of the map taken up with St James’ cemetery. Top left shows Cornwallis Street, top right Falkner Street, bottom left is Greenland Street and bottom right is Princes Park Road. Includes Gt George St Chapel, St James’ Market, Catholic Orphanage, Church of the Holy Apostle, St Bride’s Church, Presbyterian Church, etc.
3333: Lancashire: Bolton (North) 1908 Includes: Ainsworth Arms Hotel; St.Paul’s Cemetery; Halliwell Ward; Globe Iron Works; St.Joseph’s RC Church, Norway/Harold Street; Little Bolton Hall; St.Matthew’s Ch, Belgrave Street; also various mills - Falcon, Halliwell, North End, Cobden, Bolton Union, Dart, Folds, Vernon, Victoria, etc.
3334: Lancashire: Whitefleld & Besses o’th’ Barn 1907 Includes: The Dales, The Woodlands, Stand Hall, Park Lane, Elm St. Mission Hall, Whitefield Brewery, Besses oTh’ Barn Inn; Thatch Leach Kirkhams, Half Acre, Polefield Hall, etc.
3335: Lancashire: Widnes 1905 Includes: Football Ground; Queen’s Arms Hotel; Moor Lane; Simms Cross; Lancashire Metal Works; Cornubia Works; Moss Bank; Golden Bowl Hotel; Alexandra Theatre; Newtown; Woodend; Widnes Dock; L.& N.W.Railway Lines; Widnes Station; etc.
3339: Lancashire: Southport (North) 1909. Includes: Marshland Sands; Hesketh Golf Links; Hesketh Park; Marshside; L&YR Southport & Preston Railway; Promenade; Park Rd; Albert Rd; Marshside Rd; Homeopathic Cottage Hospital; Emmanuel Church; etc.
3342: Lancashire: Barton upon Irwell 1888. The River Irwell flows across this map which is mainly farmland. It includes: Brook House, Mee’s, Bromyhurst and Dumplington Hall Farms; Barton New Hall; Barton Cemetery & Mortuary Chapels; Barton Old Hall; Unicorn Inn Peel Green; Waggon & Horses Inn off Liverpool Road; Nassau, Springfield and Victoria Mills; Barton Bridge; All Saints RC Church and St Catherine’s Church; etc. On the reverse side of the map is a history of the area plus another map covering a wide area surrounding Barton upon Irwell. This includes: Monton, Patricroft, Eceles, Gilda Brook, Trafford Park, Newall & Bromyhurst.
3343: Lancashire: Cheadle (North) 1916 With the River Mersey, Cheshire Line Railway and NWR Railway lines crossing from one side to the other side of this map, it shows mainly farm lands, with a little of Cheadle housing. It includes: The Towers, Cheadle Bridge (over the Mersey), Heaton Mersey Bleach Works, Meadowside Works, Barnes Convalescent Hospital, Cheadle Hall, Abney Hall, St Chad’s RC Church Stockport Road, Primitive Methodist Chapel, Old Road, etc. On the reverse side of the map is a history of the area plus a list of streets and roads with names of the inhabitants.
3344: Lancashire: Leigh (North) 1905. Part of Leigh. There are two main L&NWR Railway lines shown, Bolton & Kenyon line and the Bedford Leigh line. They divide St Thomas’s Ward from St Mary~s and Lilford Wards. A large percentage is farm land, however, the Leigh town is heavily populated mainly with terraced housing. Includes: Leigh Union Workhouse, Infirmary, Athletic Ground and Brewery, Atherton Hall, Bedford Colliery, Church Fields, Cotton Mills at Kirk Lane, Victoria, Brookside, Platfold and Brook
3345: Lancashire: Leigh (South) 1905. Part of Leigh. This map shows the Bridgewater Canal separating the townland from the farmland. in the towniand there are various cotton mills; Welsh Hill, Pennington, Rose, Stanley, Mather Lane, Alder and Bedford. Works: Gas, Albion hon, Vulcan hon and Anchor Cable. Also includes: Christ Church, St Joseph’s RC Church and St Thomas Church; Pennington Hall, Hopecarr Hall, Sandy Pool Farm.
3346: Lancashire: Stoneclough & Ringley 1907. Mainly farmlands. Includes Prestolee and part of Kearsley. The River Irwell flows across part of the map, also the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal and Manchester & Bolton Railway Line: Includes: Kearsley Railway Stn, Shore Top Farm, Ash Clough, Kearsley Cotton Mill and Paper Works, Irwell Bank Cotton Mills, St Saviour’s Church, Ringley.
3348: Lancashire: Burnley (East) 1909. Mainly farmland with past Burnley in bottom left hand corner. Includes: Queen’s Park Hasandford Cotton Mill; Netherwood Bridge; Houghton Hag; Rowley Colliery Brownside Village; Brunshaw Bottom; Turf Moor Cricket & Football Grounds; St Catherine’s Church Todmorden Road, etc. Lists over 500 names of inhabitants.
3349: Lancashire: Kearsley 1907. Mainly farmland with part Kearsley at the top of the map. The Kearsley residential area comprises terrace houses on either side of Manchester Road. Shows part of the River Irwell and the Manchester & Bolton Railway Line. Includes: St Stephen’s Church; Kearsley Green; Kearsley Moss; Spindle Point Colliery; Giant’s Seat House; Clifton House; Clifton & Kearsley Colliery Works; Linnyshaw and Clifton Moss Colleries,etc. The reverse side of the street plan shows a map including Busy, Bolton, Radcliffe, Ringley, Clifton, Kearsley, Clifton Hall, Agecroft & Pendleton.
3350: Lancashire: South Reddish & Brinnington 1904 The map shows mainly farmland with terraced housing at Mid Reddish & South Reddish. Railways Stoekport & Guide Bridge, Brinnington, Sheffield & Midland Lines. Includes: Methodist Chapel Reddish Green; Reddish Station; Farms: Yew Tree; White Hill; Clarks Church; St Mary’s Church Reddish Road; Willow Grove Cemetery Reddish Vale Printworks; Farmers Arms Lingard Lane; etc.
3351: LancashIre: Swinton Park & Irlams o’th’Height 1907. Though the title of this map includes Swinton and Irlams o’th’Height it also includes part of Pendlebury. Worsley and Chorley Roads into Manchester Road which runs aoross from left to right on the map. It shows tramways along this road and along Bolton Road. Includes: Partington Farm, Moorland Works, Swinton Football Ground, Victoria Park, Pendlebury Children’s Hospital, St Augustine’s Vicarage Hospital Road, St John’s Church Bolton Road, Claremont Farm, Swinton & Pendlebury U.D.C. Sewage Works, etc.
3352: Lancashire: Lytham 1905. The town of Lytham lies in the south-west oftheFylde area of Lancashire on the north bank of the estuary of the Ribble at the point where the river ends, the joumey from its source in Ribblesdale and flows into the sea in Morecambe Bay. The map extends from Marine Lake on the left to Station Wood at Upper Weatby Street on the right. The map continues on the reverse side, commencing at Lytham Railway Station to the Laundry and Shipbuilding Yard at Preston Road. It shows part of Ansdell, the large hotels along the Promenade, St.Paul’s Church, St.Cuthbert’s Church, Cricket Ground, Lowther Gardons, Clifton Square; Cottage Hospital, etc.
3353: Lancashire: Trafford Park 1905 Trafford Park in 1905 was, literally, a vast rural park. The deer roamed and at the heart of the estate stood the stately pile of Trafford Hall, the family residence of the Traffords. The Hall & Park dominate this map, pre-industrial features which existed just a stone’s throw from the newly opened docks of the Ship Canal and within 3 miles of the centre of ‘boom town’ Manchester itself. Covered on both sides of the map it includes: East ward of Eccles; Albert Mill; Bentcliffe Bleach Wks; Moss Farm; Trafford Hall; Little Bolton Farm; Salford Sewage Wks; Trafford Park Cricket Ground Deer Sheds.
3354: Lancashire: Pendlebury 1907 Maybe this map should be called Swinton and Pendlebury as it does show a large proportion of Swinton. It includes: Part Clifton; Newtown; Newtown Colliery; Worsley Fold; Pepper Hill; Clifton Hall Colliery; Pendlebury Railway Station; St. Peter’s Church Swinton; Slack Brook Sewage Works.
3355: Lancashire: Rawtenstall 1908 The growth of Rawtenstall from a hamlet in the ‘township’ of Lower Booths to a major town in its own right in the Rossendale valley came about as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Rawtenstall was ideally placed to take advantage of the new inventions with its rivers Irwell and Limey Water, together with its damp climate in the shadow of surrounding hills. One of the first of the new ‘mill-factories’ built was Laund Mill in 1810, stiil in existence today as a scrap metal dealer’s premises. It includes: Laund; Constable Lea; Hollin Lane Farm; Chapel Hill; Oakenhead Wood; Whitaker Park; Spring Side; Lower Clough Fold; Rawtenstall Cemetery; Holly Mount; St Mary’s Church; etc.
3356: Lancashire: Heaton Park 1907 Manchester and Salford are famous for the creation of the first municipal public parks in 1846. However, Heaton Park is the largest of Manchester’s public parks, covering 650 acres (just over a square mile). It was acquired by the City in 1902, and this (second) edition shows the park at the start of municipal ownership. About three-quarters of the park is shown on this sheet, the remaining area to the north included a mixture of open and wooded land, a fish pond, and reservoir was consiructed over part of the northern park. It includes: Heaton House; Heaton Mills; High Bank Bowker Vale; Middleton Road Dye Works; Hill Top House; Rooden Lane; Sheepfoot Lane; part of Victoria Avenue with Middleton Road, etc.
3357: Lancashire: Haslingden 1909. Includes: Britannia & Albert Cotton Mills; Haslingden Brewery; St James Church; Carrs; Hutch Bank; Waterfoot; St Peter’s Churth; Lane Side; Height End; etc.
3358: Lancashire: Walton on the Hill 1906. Mainly farm land with a small part of the Walton on the Hill housing estate in the left hand bottom corner of the map. Includes: Liverpool Cemetery; Stop Gate Cottage & Farm; Strawberry Hall & Farm; Scarisbrick House; New Hall; etc.
3360: Lancashire: Bacup 1909 much of the area on the map is rural, with industrial development evident along Bumley Road. Includes: Bridge Clough Fain; Stacksteads Colliery Maden Recreation Ground, Cotton Mills- Meadows, Holmes, Tong, Irwell, Forest and Throstle; Ebenezer Chapel, Mount Olive Church, etc.
3365: Lancashire: Carrington 1904 mainly farmlands, includes Boothey, Common Lane, Landlield, Stamford, Millbank, Holly, Dainewell and Carrington Hall Farms; Part of the Manchester Ship Canal; River Mersey; St George’s Church Manchester Road, etc.
3369: Lancashire: St Helens (SW) 1906. Includes: Eccleston Hall; Eccleston Hill; Big Dam; Taylor Park; Queens Park; Thatto Heath Park; Stained Glass Works; Ravenhead Glass Bottle Works; Greengate Brick & Tile Works; Ravenhead British Plate Glass Works; St John’s Church, Crossley Road; etc.
3370: Lancashire: Stand & Outwood 1907. This map shows mainly farmland but includes: Clifton; Accrington & Colne Railway Line, Outwood Colliery; Outwood Gate, Lower Heaps; Hurst Farm; Outwood Gate, Clarke’s Hill; Chapel Field; St John’s Mission Church, Beech Street; Park Lane Farm; Stand; Old Hall; etc.
3371: Lancashire: St Helens (SE) 1906 (15 inches to 1 mile) . Swirling railway lines rightly dominate this map, curving over land which 60 years earlier had been largely agricultural, pockmarked here and there by former and existing coal pits, with occasional houses set near its roads. Includes: Peasley Cross; Parr Stocks; St. Helens Sheet Glass Works; St Helens Hospital, Marshall Cross Road; L&NWR St Helens Railway Line; St Helens Canal; etc.
3373: Lancashire: Brierfield & Reedley Hallows 1910. Reedley & Hallows mainly farmlands, the town of Brierfield having rows of terraced houses, includes: Montford, Waterside, Wood End, Holme End, Bridge Inn, Cotton Mills - Meadow Bank, Pendle View Shed, Jewel Mill, Hollin Bank Mill; also includes: Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Pendle Water, L&YR Clifton, Accrington & Colne Railway Line, etc.
3376: Lancashire: Heap Bridge 1908. This map fits on the right hand side of map Code 3312 Bury 1908. Mainly farmlands with terrace housing at Heap Bridge, Heady Hill and Summit. It includes:- River Roch, Liverpool, Bolton & Bury Line Railway; Gorse Bank; Heap Bridge Mills; Bridge Hall Mills; Dye Works; Paper Mill; Yew Tree Farm; Frank Fold Farm; High Field, Derby, Doris & Spring Cotton Mills; etc.
3377: Lancashire: Blackpool (South) 1909. This map fits under map Code 3309 Blackpool 1932. It conlinues on the reverse side of the map. It includes mainly terraced houses nearer the sea front and several scattered inland. Also includes Victoria Pier, South Shore; Waterloo Road Railway Station; Thames Road School and Unitarian Church; Arnold House; Church of the Holy Cross and Knowle Farm on Middle Lane; Stony Hill; Dunes Hotel; Tramway Depot; L&Y & L&NW Railway Line; Layton Hawes Farm etc.
3378: Lancashire: Wardley 1907. Wardley lies some six miles west of Manchester, between Swinton, Worsley and Walkden. The oldest feature on the map is Wardley Hall, the history of which can be traced back to the 13 century. The Great Hall dates from around 1500, and was formerly completely surrounded by the moat. The hall was bought by the Duke of Bridgewater in 1760, and is now the residence of the Bishop of Salford. Includes:- Linneyshaw Farm; Moss Farm; Thirlmere Aqueduct, Roe Green Cotton Mills, Cricket Ground and St Charles School on Moorside Road; Swinton Cemetery etc.
3379: Lancashire: Stretford 1904. This map shows the western third of Stretford, in 1907 an Urban District (later a Municipal Borough), and the eastern half of Urmston UD, both lying geographically in Greater Manchester but since 1974 both absorbed into Trafford Metropolitan Borough. At Urmston includes: Burial Ground & Mortuary Chapel (Polish Jews) & Mortuary Chapel (English Jews); Gorse Hill Farm Urmston Lodge; Hawthorn Farm; New Croft Farm; Moss Side Sewage Works (Manchester Corporation). At Stretford includes: Park Road Farm; Victoria Park; St. Matthews Church; New Shed Farm; Eye Platt Bridge; etc.
3380: Lancashire: Pendleton (North) 1889. ‘Pendleton was a rapidly developing part of industrial Salford, some three miles north of Manchester; it had been a separate township until 1853. Much of the area is close to the River Irwell, and the area was prone to flooding. The height of the banks is shown as low as 97 feet above sea level near Douglas Green, whilst much of Whit Lane lay below 115 feet. Serious flooding occurred every few years, and there were particularly severe floods in 1866 which resulted in the erection of an obelisk with a mark indicating the height of the flood, a short distance down-stream in Peel Park.’ The map includes: Agecroft Colliery, Print Works, Kersal Cell, Castle Irwell, Summerville, Higginson’s Brow, St. George’s Church on Whit Lane, Douglas Green and part of Charlestown, etc.
3381: Lancashire: Hurst & North Ashton 1906. About a mile north from the borough of Ashton includes: Cock Bank; Broadoak Colliery; Holebottom; Hurst Knoll Cedar & Curson Mills; St John’s Church & Graveyard, Lower King Street; Ashton Barracks; Hurst Nook; Greenhurst; Dirt Farm; Hazelhurst; Arlies Lane Farm; etc.
3382: Lancashire: Lees 1906. The map shows mainly farmlands with Lees Town itself comprising of terraced housing. Includes: Clarksfield Ward; New Earth; Roxbury; Roundthom; Leesbrook; Leesfield; Nether Lees; Springhead; Pitses; part of Alt Wildmoor Leach Wood; Thomley etc.
3383: Lancashire: Rochdale (South) 1908. This is the beginning of areas portions of which have not as yet been covered in the series of the maps of Manchester by Alan Godfrey. With over 30 maps yet to be published in this particular area which encroaches on Oldham, Harpurhey, Droylsden and Ashton, etc. Includes: Castleton Wards South and East; Lower Place; Buersill; Moss Side; Waith Field; Dicken Green; part Balderstone; etc.
3384: Lancashire: Bradshaw 1908. ‘In 1908 Bradshaw was a small mill village two and a half miles north - east of Bolton, surrounded by much open land. Most of the map was in the ancient townships of Turton, Bradshaw and Harwood, though in 1898 they had all been subsumed into Turton Urban District.’ Includes: Birtenshaw Farm, Bradshaw Works (Bleaching. Dying & Printing) Side of the Moor Tong Head Farm, Harwood Lee. Ruins, Bradshaw Chapel etc.
3385: Lancashire: Gateacre 1904 . Gateacre, also known as Little Woolton, was a rural village surrounded by farmland, when this map was revised in 1904. Today the farms have gone and, with the exception of playing fields, the area is covered with housing. Includes: Childwall Hall, Childwall Nursery, Farms- Gorsey Cop, Cockshead, Belle Vale, St. Stephen’s Church, Cheshire Lines Railway, etc.
3387: Lancashire: Warrington 1905 (15 inches to 1 mile). This, the second of the Warrington maps, fits on the right hand side of Code 3338 Warrington West. It includes: Central Railway Station; River Mersey; Tannery, Tanners Lane; Cockhedge Cotton Mill; Wire Works, Church Street; Girls Training College, Church Street; Howley Saw Mills; Holmesfield & Howley Tanneries; St.Elphin’s Church; St. James’s Church; Football and Cricket Fields; Latcbford Grange; etc.
3389: Lancashire: Mossley (South) 1906. The map is a tranverse section of the Tame valley - a largely open landscape on the fringes of several built-up areas. To the north lies Mossley, already in 1906 past its peak as a cotton town; to the south are the edges of Millbrook, a factory village which had become part of Stalybridge in 1881. In the NE corner lies part of Carrbrook village and to the west is the ancient hamlet of Luzley, nestling in the hills between Ashton-under-Lyne and Mossley.’ Includes:- L&NWR Railways Huddersfleld & Manchester Line & Stalybridge & Diggle Loop Line. Also Heyrod;, Spring-grove Mill, Hilltop, Hydegreen, Moorgate & Mossley Cemetery; etc.
3390: Lancashire: Great Crosby 1907 . As with the new maps that are filling blank places in the maps of the Manchester area, this is happening with the surrounding areas of Liverpool. The ancient township of Great Crosby lies two miles inland from the north Mersey shore and about six miles from the centre of Liverpool.’ The map includes: St. Michael’s Well; St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool Road; Alexandra Park; Merchant Taylor’s School (Boys); Carrfield Dairy, Myers Road; Ford Village (part); etc.
3391: Lancashire: Halewood 1904 . This map shows the northern portion of Halewood township, situated 8 miles to the south east of Liverpool.
3392: Lancashire: Pemberton 1907. Pemberton lies immediately to the south west of Wigan. Very little remains here of the preindustrial landscape, apart from Hindley Hall, a scattering of farms and old field boundaries, and Cromwell’s Ditch, reflecting Wigan’s role in the Civil War.’ It includes: Spring Bank; Highfield; Goose Green; Worsley Mesnes; Poolstock; Pemberton Collieries; etc.
3393: Lancashire: Formby 1906. Formby is situated between Southport and Liverpool. The map includes: St. Peter’s Church, Freshfield; Rose Farm; Moss Side; Formby Moss; Holy Trinity Church; Harewood House; Downholland Brook; etc.
3394: Lancashire: lnce Moss 1907. This map shows mainly farmlands with Railways L & N.W.R.; Lancashire Union Line; London & North Western and Platt Bridge Junction Line running up and down the map and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal running across. It includes terraced housing at Moss Lane, Warrington Road, Walthew Lane, Victoria Road, Lily Lane, etc.
3395: Lancashire: Bolton (NE) 1908. This is the third map published of the Bolton area. It includes: Castle Hill; Firwood Bleach Works; Bottom o’th’ Moor; Harwood; Tonge Ward; Eastfleld Farm; Breightmet Hall; Breightmet Hill East and Breightmet Hill West, etc.
3396: Lancashire: Horwich (South) 1908. This map includes: Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Locomotive Works; Horwich Fork Junction; Horwich Recreation Ground & Golf Course; Mount Pleasant Brick & Tile Works; Eatocks & Knowles Farms; etc.
3397: Lancashire: Skelmersdale 1907. Includes The Town Hall and Gas Works, Clayton St.; Lower White Moss Colliery; St Paul’s Church, Church Rd, St Richard’s RC. Church, Keribot’s Lane; etc.
3398: Lancashire: Horwich (North) 1907. Includes: Crosse’s Creek; Rivington & Blackrod Grammar School; Old Lord’s Height; Wilderswood; Rockhaven; Higher Meadows; Marklands; Foxholes; Holy Trinity Church, Church Street; Albert Mill (Cotton); Crown Brick & Tile Works; Anderton Old Hall; Squirrel Hotel, Squirrel Lane; etc.
3399: Lancashire: Kirkless & HIndley Hall 1907. This map is the continuation of the Wigan 1907 map towards Farnworth and Bolton. The map of Hindley itself fits below this map. It includes: Kirkless Pits (Coal, Disused); Kirkless Semet Solvey Coke Works; Amberswood Bridge; De Trafford House & Cottage; L&N.W.R. (Lancashire Union Line); Bagshaw Farm; America Wood; Penny Gate Farm; Cemetery (off Castle Hill Road), etc
3405: Cheshire: Crewe, 1908 Includes: Queens Park, L&NWR Crewe & Chester Railway, Crewe Wks, Central Ward, Gas Wks, Electricity Works, South Ward, Vinetree Farm, Wistaston Green Farm, Whitehouse Farms.
3406: Cheshire: Crewe (East), 1908 Includes: Alexandra Athletic Grounds, Hall o’Shaw Villas, Woodshutts, Field Farm, St Michael’s Church Crewe Green, Tollgate Farm, Victoria Steam Laundry, Bank Farm, Crewe Hall Pool, Crewe Mill, Crewe Railway Station.
3422: Cheshire: Stockport Central 1897. In 1842, Stockport was visited by Cook-Taylor on his tour of the north of England. He commented that 'Although situated in the county of Cheshire it belongs commercially to Lancashire and it is still further identified with the palatinate by the feeling, the interests, and the spirit of its inhabitants'. The town of Stockport developed on the south bank of the Mersey in Cheshire. The area north of the Mersey was Lancashire the river being its boundary between the two counties for its entire length. This is the reason why the top Left section of the map is blank. It includes: Spring Mount (Thread) Mill; Sovereign (Iron) Works; Gorsey Bank, Portwood, Spring Bank & Meadow (Cotton) Mills; Holly Wood; Portwood, Spring Bank & St Mary’s Wards; Electric Works; Gas Works; St Joseph’s RC Chapel off Wellington Street; St Mary’s Church & Graveyards Church Gate; Hawfield Gardens; Highgate Hat Factory; etc.
3424: Cheshire: Macclesfield (North) 1907. Includes: Macclesfield Union Workhouse, Cemetery, Infirmary, Free Grammar School, West Park, Lower Beech, Blue Bell Farm, Red House Farm, Albert Mills, Victoria Park, L&NWR Macclesfield Branch,, Great Central & North Staffordshire Joint Railway, etc.
3425: Cheshire Marple 1896. Mainly farmlands with the Sheffield & Midland Joint Railway running from the top to the bottom of the map. The village with its Tannery and Hollins Cotton Mill has a mixture of terraced and semi-detached houses. Other places on the map are: Leyhey, Brabyns Hall, St.Mary’s R.C. Chapel & Congregational Chapel on Hollins Lane, Cataract Bridge, Townscliff, Bottom’s Hall, Waterside, Greenbank, etc.
3426: Cheshire Macclesfleld (South) 1897. Includes: Oxford Road Mill (Silk); Oxford Hotel; Militia Barracks, Crompton Rd., Parkend; The Birches; Wadsworth’s Farm; Ryle’s Park; Park Mill (Silk); St. George’s Church; Sutton Dye Works (Silk); The Hollins; St. Paul’s Church, Brook St; St Peter’s Church, Windmill St; Soho Mill (Soap); etc.
3428: Cheshire: Sheet 9.11 Sale 1897. Includes: St. Paul’s Church, Springfield; St. Anne’s Church, Northenden Road; Unitarian Chapel, Cross Street; Victoria Farm; Sale Railway Station; etc.
3429: Cheshire Sheet 18.02 - Altrincham (North) & Broadheath 1897 Includes: Part Timperley; Oldfield Nursery; Timperley Lodge; Riddings Hall; Grove Cottages; Hare & Hounds Public House, Wood Lane; Woodlands Park; etc.
3430: Cheshire Sheet 19.03 - Stockport (South) 1907. Fairly heavily populated area. Includes: Wellington Rd. South; Borough Cemetery; St Georges Church; Davenport Terra Cotta Brick & Tile Works; L&NWR Crewe & M/C Line runs north to south, and Stockport Junction Line, west to east; Edgeley Park; Edgeley House, and the Football Ground, centre left of the map; etc.
3431: Cheshire Sheet 61.13 - Nantwich 1908. Nantwich, famous for its salt industry, grew up around the river Weaver; L&NWR Crewe & Shrewsbury Line passes through the south of the town, and the Shropshire Union Canal runs north to south to the west of Nantwich. Nantwich Mill (Corn), Tannery, Clothing Manufactory, Boot & Shoe Manufactory together with a number of farms comprise the industry of the area.
3434: Cheshire: Cheadle Hulme (South) 1907. Mainly rural area, includes: Smithy Green; the Manchester Warehouse & Clerks Orphan Schools S.W. of Cheadle Hulme; Bradshaw HaII; L.&N.W.R Crewe & Manchester Line.
3435: Cheshire: Poynton (East) 1907. This map fits to the west of the Disley 1907 map (Code 3423). Mainly rural area, includes: working & disused coal pits, Newtown, Claytonfold, Dalehousefold, Macclesfield Canal, etc.
3436: Cheshire: TheIwall 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Mainly rural. The Manchester Ship Canal runs diagonally from the top right to the middle of the map, and the River Mersey forms a loop at the top. Includes:- The Bridgewater Canal, Massey Hall, L&NWR Warrington & Stockport Railway Line, etc.
3437: Lancashire: Northenden 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Mainly rural. Close by Northenden is Wythenshawe Park and Wythenshawe Hall, one of Manchester's most important historic buildings. Northenden sits on the southern bank of the River Mersey. Palatine Road runs through Northenden. Other familiar names: Yewtree Lane; Sale Road and Wythenshawe Road.
3438: Sale, Brooklands 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Brooklands Road runs from the northwest corner southward. Marsland Road joins it with the Brooklands Hotel, Railway Station and the Bridgewater canal in the vicinity. Baguley sits in the south west corner. The area is mainly farms and open land.
3439: Cheshire: Compstall 1907. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits to the right of Romiley 1897 (Code 3432) and above Marple 1896 (Code 3425). Compstall is top centr of the map with Compstall Print Works and Compstall Mills & reservoir just nort of Compstall Bridge. River Goyt passes from south and loops around Aqueduct Mill and Aqueduct House. Great Central & Midland Joint Railway cuts diagonally across the bottom left of the map.
3440: Bramhall (North) 1907. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits to the right of Cheadle Hulme (South) 1907, Code 3434. Bramall Hall is top centre, with Bramhall Park to the left and Bramhall Green just right of the Hall. Bottom centre is Pownall Green, which connects to Bramhall Green by way of Bramhall Lane. In Pownall Green is St Michael & All Angels' Church, a school, a grammar school and a railway station.
3441: Neston & Parkgate 1909. 15 inches to 1 mile. Parkgate lies on the bank of the River Dee, with Neston just to the southeast. Mostyn House is in Parkgate, named for the Mostyn family who owned much of Neston & Parkgate in more affluent times. Great Central Railway runs north to south through Neston.
3442: Chester 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. This map is identical to map 3404 (Chester 1898) but drawn 10 years later. The area is more built up, with more terraced housing.
3443: Northwich (NW) & Winnington 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Shows Northwich (NW) in the bottom right of map with Winnington to the bottom centre. River Weaver meanders around the Winnington Works (alkali) and Witton Flashes in the top right have an outlet into the river. There are also brick works and salt works in the area.
3444: Northwich (NE) 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Shows the northeast of the town, with the Cheshire Lines Railway coming into the town from the east. Salt works are prominent in the area. There is also a brick works, football ground and St Helens Church and graveyard.
3445: Northwich (SW) 1908 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits under the Northwich NW map, code 3443. Has many works including leather, wagon sheet-works, iron works and a work house. River Weaver runs north to south and Cheshire Lines Railway runs across the centre of the map.
3446: Knutsford (South) 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Covers the south of the town. Includes His Majesty's Prison, Bucklow Union Workhouse, St John the Baptist church, Bexton Saw Mills and Bexton Hall. Cheshire Lines Railway cuts across the map from northeast to southwest. Two thirds of this map is taken up by farm land.
3447: Sale (SW) 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Situated to the west of 3438 Sale (Brooklands) 1908 and to the north of 3429 Altrincham (North) & Broadheath 1897. Mainly a rural area with Sale Cemetery in the top righthand corner. The Bridgewater Canal and Watling Street (Roman Road) run parallel northeast to southwest. There are several farms on the map and some large houses, Woodheys Hall, Tyntesfield, Manor House, Haddon House & Woodheys Grange among them.
3448: Knutsford (North) 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits north of 3446 Knutsford (South) 1908. Shows the northern part of the town. Tatton Mere is shown in the north of the map. Also shown: cemetery, grammar school, several farms, bowling green, cricket ground, football ground, sewage works, brick works, St Cross Church (remains of) graveyard, St John the Baptist Church and graveyard.
3449: Bollington 1907. 15 inches to 1 mile. Centres around the Cheshire cotton town, with 3 cotton mills in the surrounding area. The Macclesfield Canal serves 2 mills and the Great Central & North Staffordshire Joint Railway passes to the west. There are print works, bleach works and a paper mill, as well as two quarries. The surrounding area is mainly farmland.
3450: Bredbury (West) & Brinnington 1907. 15 inches to 1 mile. The main feature of this map is the triangle formed by the Great Central & Midland Joint Railway, Cheshire Lines Railway and G.C. & M. Joint Railway, Portwood or Brinnington Branch. Bredbury is tucked away in the bottom righthand corner around Stockport Road West and Lower Bents Lane. There is some industry: Brinnington Brick & Tile Works, Bredbury Steel Works & Rolling Mills, an iron and brass foundry, brick works, a cotton spinning mill and Lingard Lane Collieries.
3451: Hazel Grove 1897. 15 inches to 1 mile. Covers the whole of the village of Hazel Grove together with parts of Great Moor, Stepping Hill, Wood's Moor and Bramhall Moor. Industry includes brick works, Hazelgrove Mills, Albion Mills, Bosden Works and Wellington Mill (cotton).
3452: Winsford 1908 15” to 1 mile. This map covers Over, Winsford and part Wharton. It includes:- Knights Grange; Salt Works – Dudley, Woodend, Over, Meadow, Uploont, Wharton, Railway and River, Birkenhead, Liverpool, Bridge, Dutch. At Over – Sandhole, George & Dragon Inn, Mossbank Cottages, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Over Mills (Fustian Cutting); At Winsford - High Street Schools, Constitutional Club, Boat Houses, Gravel Hill, etc
3453: Disley (North) & High Lane 1907 This is mainly farm lands. It includes:- Windlehurst House, Leecot, Springfield Villas, Turflee, Wybersley Hall, Higgin’s Clough, Glenanore, Moorfield. Also includes:-Disley Golf Course, Carr Brow, Andrew Lane, Disley Tunnel, Peak Forest Canal, St. Thomas Church & GraveYard, etc.
3454: New Brighton 1935 15” to 1 mile This is a later version of New Brighton 1909 (Code 3412) and fits above the maps of Wallasey 1898 ( Code 3420 and Liscard 1898 ( Code 3411). Over half the map shows the sands and Irish Sea. The remainder is heavily populated with terraced housing and house with gardens. Also includes:- Warren Park, L.M.S.R Wirral Railway Line, Kings Parade, New Brighton Bathing Pool, Marine Lake, Brighton Pier, Marine Park, St. James's Church, Tower & Grounds, Vale Park, etc
3455: Higher Disley & Furness Vale 1907 (15 inches to 1 mile). Mainly farmlands and includes:- Danebank, Higher Greenshall, Pottershey, Ellybank, Disley Hall, Lane Ends, Badgersclough, Redmorelane, Braodhey, Higher Stoneridge, etc.
3456: Gatley 1897 £2.25, 25gms. This map has an extended part of the area on the reverse side of the map. It fits to the left of the Cheadle & Cheadle Heath 1897 map (Code 3433). It shows mainly farmlands, and part of the L.&N.W.R. Warrington & Stockport Railway Line. It includes:- part Royal Green; Rose Hill; Northenden Railway Station; Sharston Mount; Gatley; Cheadle Bleach Works; Barns Convalescent Hospital; St Mary's Church, off Hall Street; St Jame's Church, off Church Road; etc.
3457: Marple (Rose Hill) & Chadkirk 1896 £2.25, 25gms.This map fits on the left of map Marple 1896 (Code 3425). It is all farmlands and woods. Includes:- part River Goyt; Higher Waterside; Offertongreen; Torkington; Print Works; Marple Hall; Higher Danbank; Rosehill Brick Works; Crocksonhall; Nab Top; etc.
3458: Timperley 1897 £2.25, 25gms. this map fits to the left of the above map of Gatley 1897 (Code 3456). It has an extended map on the reverse side. Most of the area is farmlands with the Cheshire Lines Railway running from left to right across the map, with Baguley Station about the centre. The houses in Timperley are terrace and semis. Includes:- Mount Pleasant; Edenhurst and a School & Christ Church on Thorley Lane; Baguley Hall; Giblane and Blackcarr Woods; etc.
3481: Stalybridge Town Centre 1874 (36 inches to 1 mile). This map is sheet 10 in the large scale series. It shows mainly terraced housing. The River Time zig zags across from left to right across the map, also the Huddersfield Canal. It includes:- Part Mount Pleasant, Stamford Street, Market Street, Hob Hill School, Grosvenor Street and Castle Street Mills (Cotton), Iron & Brass Foundry (Machine & Mill Works), Albion Mills (Cotton), St. Georges Church on Cocker Hill, Stalybridge Gas Works. etc.
3482: Stockport Town Centre 1873 (36 inches to 1 mile). This map of Stockport is sheet 8 in the large scale series. It shows mainly terraced housing. A small part of the River Mersey runs across the top left hand corner crossing under Wellington Road South, which runs down the left hand side of the map. The map includes:- Vulcan Iron Works, Wellington Bridge Mill (Cotton), St. Peter’s Church, Daw Bank Print Works, Railway Station and Stockport Viaduct, St. Joseph’s RC Chapel, Grove Works (Cotton Waste), Victoria Foundry (Iron), Waterloo Mill & California Mill (Cotton), Working Men’s Christian Association Chapel on Waterloo Road, Hat Manufactory. etc.
3701: Derbyshire: New Mills (Newtown) 1896. Mainly farmlands in Disley covering three quarters of the map the main town being Newtown. Includes: Waterside Mill; Highlee Hall; St Mary’s RC Chapel Catholic Brow; Torr Top; Mills - Brunswick, Torvale, Rock, Torr, Victoria, Woodside & Warkmore; Shady Oak, Disley Hall, Mowhole, Higher Greenshall, Moorwood, Bankend; New Mills Railway Station; Peak Forest Canal; River Goyt; Sheffield & Midland Joint Railway; L&NW Stockport & Buxton Railway; etc. On the reverse side of the map there is a railway time table, also lists of names of Magistrates, Farmers, Hotels, Inns, & Taverns and their licensees plus many residents.
3702: Derbyshire: New Mills (North) 1896. Apart from the main housing estate at New Mills along Spring Bank Road the majority of the map shows farmlands. Includes: Capstone, Lower & Higher Cliff, Slengoyt Brook Bolton Methodist Chapel, Shaw Farm, Whitle, Woodend Mill, Hague Bar, Eaves Knoll, High Lee, St James’s Church, various Chapels.
3703: Derbyshire: Whaley Bridge & Bugsworth 1896. Includes: Hockerley; Brierley Green; Glenalbun; New Horwich; Throstledale; St. James’s Church River Goyt; Peak Forest Canal; Whaley Bridge Railway Station; etc.
3704: Derbyshire: Birch Vale 1896. Covers the valley of the River Sett between New Mills and Hayfield; cutting between some handsome gritstone hills. Includes: Thomset; Ganison Bleach Works; Sheffield & Midland Joint Railway; Batanill Bleach Works; Cohaters; Watford Print works (Calico) St George’s Works; Hayfield Union Workhouse; Gibb Hey; the large print works at Birch Vale, etc.
3705: Hayfield 1919. Includes: Foxholes Clough, Bansfold, Swallowhouse Mills, Print Works, Mortuary Chapel, Church of England, Cemetery, Great Central & Midland Railway, etc.
3706: Derbyshire: New Mills (Low Leighton & Beard) 1896. Includes: St.George’s Church, Church Road, Laneside; Ollersetthall Farm; Hollinhurst Plantation; Moor Lodge; Piece Farm; Butterbank Plantation; Cr; Shedyard Clough, Shedyard Piece, etc.
3707: Derbyshire: Glossop 1897. The map includes: Wood’s Hospital; Glossop Union Workhouse; Meadow Mills (Cotton); Howard Town Mills (Cotton); Hurst Mill (Cotton); Wren Nest Mills (Cotton); All Saints’ R.C. Church; St.Mary’s R.C. Church, Sumner Street; etc.
3708: DerbyshIre: Buxton 1897. Includes: Wye House; Palace Hotel; Devonshire Hospital; Buxton Gardens; Cattle Market; Fairfield; Sanatorium; Trinity Church Hardwick Mount; The Terrace; The Pavilion; etc.
3801: Edinburgh (Holyrood) 1894 The major feature is the High Street leading to Holyrood. The Abbey founded in the 12th century lies to the north of the Renaissance Palace which William Bruce remodelled in the late 17th century. Includes: Calton Hill Royal Observatory; Regent Gardens; HM Prison; University of Edinburgh; Bell’s Brewery; St.Andrew’s Church South Back Canongate; Queen’s Park; Moray Park Maltings; Parson’s Green.
3802: Edinburgh Castle 1877. approx. 34.5 inches to l mile. This large scale map of the Castle includes the New and Old Barracks; The Castle Church; Royal Horse Bazaar Spinal Street, Cattle Market; Tannery; George Heriot’s Hospital; St.Gile’s Church Parliament Square; Argyle Brewery; Museum of Art Chambers Street. Continuing on the other side of the map is St. John’s Church; St. Giles’s Cathedral; Parliament Square; High Court of Justiciary & Exchequer Court Augustine Congregational Church.
3803: Edinburgh (Princes Street) 1896. Showing the Castle and surrounding areas on a smaller scale to the previous map of the Edinburgh Castle it includes: Daniel Stewart’s College; Raveiston Orphan Hospital; Donaldson’s Hospital Boys and Girls; Edinburgh Western or Dean Cemetery; St. Mary’s Cathedral (Episcopal) Palmerston Place; Queen Street Gardens; Albert Memorial; The Castle, the Hotels along Princes Street facing Princes Street Gardens.
3804: Glasgow Central 1893. A well populated area with the River Clyde flowing across the map. Includes: The Quays along the Clyde from Plantation Quay to Clyde Place Quay, Overnewton School; Kelvinhaugh Saw Mills; Elmpark Engine Works; Clyde Galvanising Works; StAndrew’s Hall; Sauchiehall Street; Charing Cross Station Elmbank Crescent; Bridge Staret Station; Ward Bdy Church St.Enoch Square; Central Station Gordon Street.
3805: Glasgow (High Street) 1909. This map fits on the right side of the above Central Glasgow map with only the bottom left hand corner showing — of the River Clyde. Includes: Buchanan Street, N.B.R. High Street and College Goods Stations; Railway Stations are Queen St., St.Enoch and Gallow Gate East Nile St.; Adeiphi Distillery Muirhead St. St. Andrew’s Church St.Andrew’s Square; HM Prison; Royal Infirmary & Burial Ground Castle St.; Necropolis; St.Mungo’s College; Milnbank Bleach Works; Cattle Market Duke Street; St. Mary’s RC Church & School Rose St.; Victoria Biscuit Works.
3806: Glasgow (East End) 1893. This map fits on the right side of the above Glasgow (High Street) map with the continuation of Duke Street ending into a countrified area of farmlands. It includes: Burnbank Bleach Works; Glenpark Tan Works; Loch Katrine Distillary; Parkhead Forge, Rolling Mills & Steel Works; Parkhead Church; City of Glasgow Union Railway, N.B.R. Glasgow & Coatbridge Railway, Alexandra Parlç Gartcraig House; Carntyne Hall; Carntyne Railway Stir.; Old Edinburgh Football Ground.
3807: Glasgow Green 1892. This map fits below the Glasgow (High Street) map with the River Clyde now flowing down from top to bottom. Well populated and industrial. Includes: Sonthem Necropolis; Govan Iron Works; Football Ground off Glasgow Road, Nelson’s Monument Glasgow Green; Brookside Factory Avenue St.; Iron Works Fordnuex St.; Bridgeton Gas Works; Barrowfield Park Football ground, Cotton Mill, Tube Works & Carpet Works Swansdown St.; Dalmarnock Tramway Depot.
3808: Glasgow Pollokshields 1894. This map fits below the Glasgow Central map and includes: Kinning Park P.B.; Port Eglinton; Maxwell Park; Laurieston; Railways include - Glasgow & Paisley; City of Glasgow Union; G&SWR; Paisley Canal Lines; Glasgow & Kilmarnock. Also includes The Gas Works; Clutha Works; Etna Foundry; etc.
3809: Glasgow NE (Provanmill Blackhill & Riddrie) 1893. Includes: Germiston mains, Swan Color Works, Blochairn Works, Provanmill Distillery, Hawthornden, Hogganfield Colliery & Bleach Works, Barlinnie Fireclay Works, Barlinnie H.M.Prison, also includes Glasgow, Garnirk & Coatbridge Railway Branch Lines, Monkland Canal, Garngad & Cumbernauld Roads, etc.
3810: Paisley 1896 A highly populated area mainly of terraced houses. It includes:- A Trotting Ground; St Georges Preserve Works; other works shown are, Abercorn Rope, Fire Clay, Retorts, Oil, Starch, Gas; Saw Mills; Thread Mills; Cemetery; Stand Football Ground, St. John Neilson Educational Institution; Infirmary; Brewery and Distilleries; Anchor Mills (Thread); etc.
3811: Glasgow (Queen’s Park) 1910. This map fits below Pollockshields map (Code 3808). Unique in the fact that it contains a battlefield. 13 May 1568 troops of Mary Queen of Scots, pitched battle with the troops of Regent Moray - Mary lost & fled to England. The area is fairly built up around Queen’s Park and served by Glasgow & Kilmarnock Joint Railway in the west, and Cathcart District Railway in the east Includes Crossmyloof; Waverley Park; Langside; Mount Florida; Shawlands; etc.
3871: Fazakerley 1906. Includes: Hartley’s village and jam works; Tue Brook Warbreck Ward; Queen Anne Hotel, Fazakerley Road; City Hospital (Fever Wards); Moss Pits Cottage Birth Tree House, Everton Cemetery; Higher Land Farm; etc.
3901: Lancashire: Farnworth 1908. Includes: Dixon Green; New Bury; St James’s Church & Wes. Meth Church, St. James’s Street; Hope Foundary (Iron); Gas Works; Albert Mills and other Cotton Mills; Marvels Brow Oil Works; Cricket & Football Ground; Darley Hall Pottery; etc.
3902: Lancashire: Oldham (SW) 1916. This is the fourth map of Oldham that has been published ,Oldham 1907, Oldham (E) 1907 and Oldham (5) 1906 are already available. This map includes: Foxdenton Hall Farm; White Gate; Nimble Nook; Butler Green; Hartford; Werneth; Cotton Mills - Ram, Rugby, Gorse, Gordon, Chadderton, Osborne, Mona, Ramsey, Nile, Lark, Gem, Butler Green, Rose, Glebe, Hartford, Blackridings, Raven, Melrose, United, Acorn, Werneth, Oak, Chamber, Royal, Victoria, Vale, etc.
3903: Lancashire: Moses Gate 1908. Over to the Bolton side of Lancashire, this map fits to the left of the Little Lever 1927 map and above the Farnworth 1908 map. It includes: Burnden; Harper Green; Dove Bank; Great Lever Colliery; Hacken Outfall Sewage Works; Darcy Lever Hall; Farnworth Cemetery; Bolton Textile Mills; Great Lever Hall; etc.
3904: Lancashire: Hindley 1907 Going across to the Wigan area, this map includes: Walmesley Park (part); Moss Hall; Strangeways Hall Collieries; Chapel Fields; PIatt Lane Mill (Cotton); St Peter’s Church, Peter St; Grange Colliery; Grammar Pit (Coal); etc.
3905: Lancashire: Bardsley 1906 This map is a continuation of the maps around Oldham. It fits below Oldham (South) 1906 listed in our catalogue
3906: Lancashire: Ince In Makerfleld 1927. Again in the Wigan area, this map fits on the right side of the Hindley map above (Code 3904). It includes several railway branches - London, Midland & Scottish; Lancashire Union; Wigan Junction Branch; Springs Branch. There is also a Mineral Railway. Also includes part of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wigan Borough Cemetery; Ince Cemetery; Moss Pits; Ince Wagon & Iron Works; not forgetting the housing estates scattered around the mills and railways.
3907: Lancashire: Blundellsands 1907. The map is printed on both sides of this sheet. Blundellsands lies between Liverpool and Formby, includes: Brighton Le Sands, Blundellsands Park, Great Crosby (part), St. Joseph’s R.C. Church (corner of Warren Road & The Serpentine South.
3908: Lancashire: Nelson 1910. A highly residential area, mainly terraced houses. Also: Lomeshaye, Whitefield, Little Marsden, Bradley. Also numerous cotton mills, football & cricket grounds, gas works, brewery, iron & brass foundry, etc.
3909: Lancashire: Bradley Fold 1908. Bradley Fold is almost exactly half way between Bolton and Bury. The map fits above the map of Little Lever (Code 3363), it includes the main Bury Road from Bolton; Ainsworth Vale Bleach & Dye Works; Lomax Bank Paper Mill; Bradley Fold Works (Textile Machinery); L.& Y.R. Liverpool, Bolton & Bury Railway Line; Moss Shaw Farm; etc.
3910: Lancashire: St Helens (NE) 1892. Continuing the St Helens area. Includes: St. Helens Plate Glass Works; Bromiloe’s Delph; Old Nook; Globe Alkali Works; Union Plate Glass Works; Pocket Nook; Drill Ground, South Windle Ward; etc.
3911: Lancashire: Rochdale 1908. This is the second map of Rochdale, Rochdale South, already issued, fits below this map, which shows a highly populated area of mainly terraced houses. It includes: Wardleworth Ward South, Castleton Ward North and part Wuerdle Ward. Also includes: Infirmary & Dispensary off Duke St.; Broadfield Park; Graveyard, Church Stile; Firgrove Mill (Cotton); Newbold; Belfield; St Ann’s Church, Milnrow Rd.; Rochdale Canal; Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway; etc.
3912: Lancashire: Bury (West) 1908. Continuing with the Bury Area, this map fits to the left of Bury 1908 map (Code 3312). The map shows a large area of farmland, the part along the River Irwell is well populated with mainly terraced housing. It includes: Lower Croft Mill (Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing & Finishing); Starling; Elton; Wellington Barracks, Bolton Road; Florence Nightingale Hospital (Infectious Diseases); various cotton mills; Lower Hinds; etc.
3913: Lancashire: Rochdale West 1908. This map fits to the left of Rochdale 1908 (Code 3911). It includes Mitchell Hey, an area of mainly terraced housing, with mills, Gas Works and Rochdale Cricket Ground; Spotland Bridge, Rochdale Cemetery; Golf Course and open ground.
3914: Lancashire: Runcorn 1905.
3915: Lancashire: Grange over Sands 1910 Includes Eggerslack Wood; Brown Robin; Paradise Hill; Yew Barrow; Eden Mount; Blawith; Grange Fell; etc.
3916: Lancashire: Wlgan (North) 1907 A mainly rural area, with Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan Sanatorium, Isolation Hospital to the south. Haigh Upper & Lower Plantations (wooded areas) take up much of the central NE areas. Alexandra Pit, Lindsay Pit & Lindsay Pit Sidings (Coal) prominent and L&NWR Lancashire Union Line runs roughly north to south, with a line looping round Alexandra Pit forming L&NWR Springs Branch.
3917: Lancashire: Platt Bridge & Bickershaw Lane 1906. This map fits below Hindley map (Code 3904) and to the right of Ince Moss map (Code 3394) in the Wigan area. Mainly collieries served by industrial railways. Includes: small ponds or ‘Flashes’ formed by mining subsidence; with the community of Platt Bridge to the left of the map. Leyland Park to the north was paid for by Nathaniel Eckersley as a memorial to local benefactor & historian John Leyland in 1887.
3918: Lancashire: Atherton (SW) & Howe Bridge 1906. This map fits above the Leigh (North) map (Code 3344), includes: Atherton Collieries, Crombouke & Sovereign Pits, Smallbook Potteries, Smallbrook Brick Works, Union Bolt Works, Atherton Brick Works, L.&N.W.R. Eccles Tyldesley & Wigan Line, etc.
3919: Lancashire: Bury (NW) 1908. This map fits to the west of Bury (North) 1908 map (Code 3313). Includes: Boihold Print Works, Cotton Mills and Paper Mills, Dye Works, L.& Y. Railway - Tottington Branch Line runs roughly NW to SE with the road from Blackburn to Bury running in parallel, etc.
3920: Lancashire: Waterloo with Seaforth 1925. This map fits above Bootle Docks & Seaforth 1907 (Code 3203), and east of Blundellsands 1907 (Code 3907). Residential mainly to the west of the map, with a swaithe of open land running down the middle. Includes:- Seaforth Barracks, Waterloo Park, Litherland Tannery, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Liverpool, Crosby & Southport Railway Line, etc.
3921: Lancashire: Walkden (North) & Blackleach 1907. This map fits below Farnworth 1908 (Code 3901) and left of Kearsley 1907 (Code 3349). The area is well served by the Bridgewater Coffleries Railway. Includes: Eight cotton mills, Kearsley Chemical Works, collieries other chemical works and reservoirs. Shows Worsley Road north towards Farnworth, and Bolton Road to the south, etc.
3922: Lancashire: Walkden (South) 1908-11. This map fits below Walkden (North) & Blackleach 1907 (Code 3921) and left of Wardley 1907 (Code 3378). The main habitation is concentrated at the top centre of the map. Includes: Railways L&NWR Worsley & Bolton Line, Bridgewater Collieries and L&NWR Eccles, Tyldesley & Wigan Lines, etc
3923: Lancashire: Colne North 1910. Mainly open land, with the town situated in the bottom-right of the map. Various cotton mills are shown along with an iron foundry, abbatoirs, brewery and engineering works.
3924: Lancashire: Colne (South) 1910. Fits under Colne North (3923). Main industry cotton, over 12 mills in the area. Includes: Cattle Market; Knotts Lane Brick Works; Brick & Tile Works. Colne Water runs east to west. Open country south of the town.
3925: Lancashire: Worsley 1904. Fits to the left of Swinton Park (3351) and below Wardley (3378). Mainly a rural area with Wardley and the Bridgewater Canal in the bottom left corner and the small residential areas of Hazlehurst, Moorside and Sindsley centrally placed. Broadoak Park is at the south of the map. Bridgewater Colieries Railway and the L&NWR Eccles, Tyldesley & Wigan line run north to south and NW to SE.
3926: Lancashire: Tyldesley & Atherton (SE) 1905. Fits to the side of Atherton (SW) 1906 (3918). Tyldesley sits at the bottom of the of the map surrounded on three sides by railways with Shakerley Colliery (Nelson Pit) to the east. There are two other collieries as well as clay pit and brick works, cotton mills and tar works. The SE of Atherton is in the NS corner of the map.
3927: Worsley Hall 1904 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits to left of Worsley 1904 (code 3925) centred around Worsley Hall, Worsley Old Hall and Worsley Hall Farm. Ellenbrook is top left, as is Mosley Common Collieries. Bridgewater Canal cuts across lower right of map.
3928: Ormskirk (South) 1907 15 inches to 1 mile. The town is at the top left half of the map, with the Liverpool, Blackburn and Accrington line of the L & Y R. running north to southwest through the town. Ormskirk Union Workhouse is to the southeast of the town with the grammar school nearby.
3929: Ainsworth 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits between Bolton NE 1908 (3395) and Bury West 1908 (3912). Mainly a rural area with Christ Church and graveyard central where Bury Old Road and Church Street meet. Breightmet Fold is bottom left. Cockey Moor is right centre of map. There is a cotton mill (Moorside Mill), a quarry and Ainsworth Hospital (Infectious Diseases).
3930: Prescot 1925. 15 inches to 1 mile. This map is southwest of St Helen's SW 1906 (3369). Prominent in the town is the British Insulated & Helsby Cable Works, which has railway sidings and lines connected to the L.M.S.R., Huyton & St Helen's Line. There is also a printing works, Prescot Nursery, St Mary's Church and R.C. church. Much of the town consists of streets of terraced houses.
3931: Ashton in Makerfield (E) & Edge Green 1906. 15 inches to 1 mile. Contains the eastern part of Ashton in Makerfield. Record Cotton Mill (spinning), gas works, Salvation Army barracks, smithy, & St Thomas's School are shown. To the top is Stubshaw Cross, a hamlet. To the right is Edge Green which is surrounded by railway lines - Mineral Railway and G.C.R. St Helens Branch, with Edge Green colliery having its own sidings.
3932: Ormskirk (North) 1907. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits above code 3928 Ormskirk (South) 1907. The north of the town is in the bottom left corner of the map and shows St Peter & St Paul's Church, Cottage Hospital, Malthouse. The Liverpool, Blackburn & Accrington Line runs northeast to southwest and is joined by the L & Y R Skelmersdale Branch. There are several farms and large houses in the surrounding area.
3933: Ashton in Makerfield 1906. 15 inches to 1 mile. A small town with coal mining an important industry as can be seen by the railway sidings of Park Collieries. Also mining at Ashton Pits and Birchenheds Colliery. Garswood Hall and Estate, seat of Lord Gerard, takes up much of the area.
3934: Rainsough, Kersal & Hilton Park 1907. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits between (3354) Pendlebury 1907 and (3135) Broughton Park 1907. Includes Hilton Park and golf course, Agecroft Hall, Northern Cemetery, Kersall Hall and Agecroft Grange. Works include Kersall Vale Works (bleaching, dyeing and finishing), Myrtle Grove Bleach & Dye Works and a sewage works.
3935: Trafford Park (South) 1937. 15 inches to 1 mile. Shown on this map is Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Engineering Works, along with Park Road Works (roofing, felt & paint), a dye manufactory and other works. The bottom half of the map is housing centred around Barton Road and there are 3 or 4 small farms in the area.
3936: Prestwich 1915. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits below Whitefield & Besses o' th' Barn 1907 (Code 3334). Includes Prestwich Hospital, County Lunatic Asylum, Asylum Annexe, St Mary's Church, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel and Roman Catholic church.
3937: Tottington 1908. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits above Bury NW 1908 (Code 3919). Covers Green Mount, Wood Road, Kirklees and Tottington. Various mills are in the area--cotton, dyeing & printing. Plus Brandlesholme Old Hall, Brandlesholme New Hall, St John's Church, St Anne's Church.
3938: Lostock Hall & Farington (North) 1909. 15 inches to 1 mile. The area is criss-crossed by railway lines and takes in Tardy Gate, Lostock Hall, Cuerden Green and Farington (North). There are several cotton mills in the area and a number of farms. Churches include St James Mission Church, St Paul's Church and a United Methodist church.
3939: Farington (South) & Leyland (North) 1909. 15 inches to 1 mile. A mainly rural area bisected north to south by the L & N W & L & Y Joint Railway. There are a number of farms in the area plus Farington Mills (cotton), Golden Hill Rubber Works and a sewage works.
3940: Leyland 1909. 15 inches to 1 mile. Covers the town of Leyland with the southern part of Golden Hill Rubber Works at the top of the map. Other works include Brook Mills (cotton), Leyland Bleach Works, Brookfield Iron Works and Ajax Rubber Works. Churches: St Andrew's Church and St Mary's RC to the south and St Ambrose's in the north.
3941: Boothstown & Astley Green 1904. 15 inches to 1 mile. Includes: Boothstown, Mill Brow, Common Side, parts of Parr Bridge, Astley, Higher Green. Notable Buildings: Garrett Hall, Chaddock Hall, St John's Church, Parr Bridge, St Stephen's Church-Astley. Also cotton mills and a disused colliery, along with farms and farm land.
3942: Bamfurlong & Bryn Gates 1906. 15 inches to 1 mile. Includes: Bryn, Bryn Hall, Bryn Hall Collieries, Garswood Hall Collieries, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Mains Colliery, Bamfurlong Hall, Cross Tetley's Sidings, Long Lane Pits (coal), Ashton in Makerfield Golf Course, Lily Lane Colliery. The area is served by London & North Western Railway and Mineral Railway, Bryn Line.
3943: Flixton 1904. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits to the left of map 3944 Urmston 1926. Surrounded by mainly open fields, the town is bounded on the west by the River Irwell and the Manchester Ship Canal and to the south by the River Mersey. Higher Irlam is to the northwest of the River Irwell.
3944: Urmston 1926. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits between 3943 Flixton 1904 and 3379 Stretford 1904. It is bisected by the Cheshire Lines Railway, to the south of which lie Shawe Town and Shawe Hall. Urmston has a cottage hospital, cotton mill, saw mill, cricket ground, a cemetery and various churches--St Clements, Roman Catholic, Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
3945: Thornton Cleveleys 1910. 15 inches to 1 mile. Includes Cleveleys Park, Holmes, Thornton and Burn Naze. Very rural area with virtually no industry apart from a gas works at Burn Naze. On the reverse of the map is the sea front area of Cleveleys.
3946: Furness Abbey 1931. 15 inches to 1 mile. Shows Furness Abbey (St Mary's) in ruins, the former manor house, now Furness Abbey Hotel, and the Abbey House. The L.M.S.R. Carnforth & Whitehaven Line runs nearby. To the south is the northern tip of Barrow-in-Furness and to the west is the small hamlet of Hawcoat.
3947: Irlam Hall 1926. 15 inches to 1 mile. The main map is Irlam Hall 1926. It is mainly rural with Jenny Green, Irlam Hall and a soap and candle works to the right. Cadishead Moss and numerous farms cover the rest of the map. On the back is Irlam Hall 1904.
3948: Blackpool (North Shore) 1910-1938. 15 inches to 1 mile. This map is actually two maps side by side. One is 1910 and the other 1938. This enables a comparison to be made of Blackpool's growth during the period covered. The area covered is from Enfield Road in the south to Lowther Avenue in the north.
3949: Wigan (N.W.) 1907. 15 inches to 1 mile. The fourth map of the Wigan area, which continues the coverage of the Wigan coalfield. Although only a mile or so from the town centre, suburban sprawl is modest. There are numerous old shafts alongside working collieries. Other works are brick & pottery, cotton and a bone works..
3950: Blackpool (North Pier & Town Centre) 1910. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits below Blackpool (North Shore) 1910-38, code 3948. Covers from Wilton Parade down to Palatine Road. Includes Talbot Road Railway Station, Winter Gardens, the Tower, Hotel Metropole, sanitorium and the show ground.
3951: Ashton-on-Mersey & Sale 1927. 15 inches to 1 mile. Although this map comes under Lancashire, the majority of it is in Cheshire, with the River Mersey being the boundary. The Lancashire part is mainly a sewage farm. The map shows the mainly residential area of Ashton-on-Mersey, with Sale Park just appearing in the lower right corner. Dane Road Railway Station and the Bridgewater Canal also appear.
3952: Ashton-under-Lyne 1916. 15 inches to 1 mile. Roughly half the map is taken up by Ashton Moss. The rest of Ashton is mainly made up of terraced, back-to-back housing. The Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Junction Railway circles around the town to join up with L & Y Railway Ashton Branch. Main industry is cotton mills, plus iron works, water works, Ashton Gas Works and National Gas Engine Works.
3953: Blackpool (Central Pier) 1909. 15 inches to 1 mile. Covers from Waterloo Road to the south up to Hornby Road to the north. The L & Y & L & NW Joint Railway Kirkham, Lytham & Blackpool coast line runs north to south behind the gas works and corporation store yard.
3954: Heywood 1907. 15 inches to 1 mile. Fits directly east of Heap Bridge 1908 (3376). The L & Y Railway Liverpool, Bolton & Bury Line bisects the map, with the town of Hopwood south of it. There are about 20 cotton mills, along with a brick works, leather works, iron works and a railway wagon works. Housing is mainly terraced, with the exception of Harefield Hall, Simpson Hill House and Barley Hall in Heywood and Springfield House and Gooden House in Hopwood.
3955: Patricroft & Monton 1905. 15 inches to 1 mile. Dominated by 3 railway lines converging to form a triangle, near to several foundries and a magnesium metal works. Also shows the villages of Monton and Winton. Churches include Christ Church, Unitarian Chapel and Methodist Chapel.
3956: Stalybridge & Ashton 1918. 15 inches to 1 mile. This map fits directly west of the map Ashton-under-Lyne 1916 (Code 3952). It includes: Hurst Brook, Botany, Ashton under Lyne District Infirmary and Union Workhouse, Ridge Hill, Stamford Park, Tame Valley, Swanwick Clough, Mount Pleasant, Cocker Hill. Housing is mainly terrace.There are various railways running across the map--GCR Ashton & Stalybridge Branch, L & NWR, L & YR, Ashton Branch.
3957: Rossall 1909. 15 inches to 1 mile. This map fits directly north of the Thornton Cleveleys 1910 map (code 3945). Mainly farm land. It includes: Fleetwood Farm, College Farm, Wyrefield Farm, Springfield House, Burn Hall, Salt Marsh, Fleetwood Salt Works, Ammonia Soda Works. On the reverse side of the map is Rossall School and Recreation Grounds and Carr House Farm.
3958: Lower Irlam & Cadishead 1926. 15 inches to 1 mile. The main town of Irlam and part of Cadishead are in the centre of the map with terraced houses and a few houses with gardens. Also in the centre is a Match Works, an Engineering Works and a Wall Paper Works, St Mary's Church and Congregational Church. The Cheshire Railway Lines run across the map from left to right with the large Partington Steel & Iron Works in between. Farm lands on the left include Ryefield Farm, Ash Farm, Ellesmere Farm, Higher Stanley Bank Farm and Astley Road Farm.
3959: Blackburn 1929. 15 inches to 1 mile. There are 2 maps of Blackburn, one dated 1910 (Code 3308) published earlier and this one dated 1929. The whole map is highly populated and covered with terraced houses. The industry includes Brookhouse Mills (Cotton Spinning & Weaving), Swallow St Mills (Cotton), Ward St Mill (Cotton Weaving), Audley Mill (Corn & Flour), Walpole St Mill (Cotton Weaving). Also includes the Cathedral, Palace Theatre, St Mathews Church (Oxford St), Northrop Loom Works, Green Bank Iron Works.
3960: Blackburn (West) 1929. 15 inches to 1 mile. This map fits on the left of Blackburn 1929 (Code 3959), continuing with the Preston New Road. Right half is mainly terraced housing and includes Wagtail Quarry, Alexandra Meadows Cricket Ground, Cross Hill, Wensley Ford, Bank Top Mill (Cotton Weaving), Garden St Mill (Cotton Weaving), Preston New Road, St Mark's Church, St Luke's Church, The Wrangling, Fir Mill (Cotton Weaving). Left half is Witton Forests and farm lands.
3961: Whiston 1925 15” to 1 mile. This map fits below the map of Prescot 1925 (Code 3930). Mainly farmland with some terraced housing. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway Line runs from left to right across the map, also The Huyton & St.Helens Railway Line across the top left hand corner. It includes:- Old Carrs Pit; Prescot Hall; Warrington Road; Holt Cottage; Whiston Poor Law Institution; Higher Sides; Platts Bridge; Whiston Lane Ends; Tushington Metallic Brick Works; etc.
3962: Wigan 1928 15” to 1 mile. This map is a later edition of the map of Wigan (Code 3331 Wigan 1907). At first glance it is little different from that of the previous 1907 edition. The railway and canal systems are much as before, the only significant change being the singling of the Round House Branch, leading to eventual closure in the 1930s. Housing and the street layout are also little changed with some streets still incomplete on the earlier map – eg Wrightington Street – showing few signs of further building; nor is there much sign of slum clearance in the Scholes area, where crowded courts survive. Minor changes include the development of schools, the retrenchment of smaller collieries, the building of the Empress Spinning Mill in 1907
3963: Blackburn (North) 15” to 1 mile. This map fits above the Blackburn 1910/1929 map (Code 3959). The town comprises mainly terraced houses on either side of Whalley New Road rising up the centre of the map, and on the outskirts, farm lands.. Includes: Higher Wilworth, Roe Lee, Bank Hey, Higher Cunliffe, Four Lane Ends, Little Harwood. Also shows Roe Lee Mills, a large Cemetery, Hollinshead Mill, India Mill, Bastwell Dye Works, St. Joseph’s Football Ground, London Midland & Scottish Railway, etc.
3964: Blackley & Lower Crumpsall 1915 15” to 1 mile. This is a long awaited map of Blackley and Crumpsall with its main attractions, Delauney’s Road and Crescent Road Institutions, (now called The North Manchester General Hospital) and also Boggart Hole clough will be remembered by many of Manchester residents. Mostly terraced housing , with Blackley New Road running along the top into Exchange Street and then Market Street on to Rochdale Road, across Rochdale Road and up Charlestown Road (Booth Hall Hospital) The lower part of the map showing Lower Crumpsall with Crescent Road into Hazelbottom Road (the Coop Biscuit Works) up part of Central Avenue and on to Rochdale Road (Christ Church, Harpurhey). In Crumpsall Vale – The Dye Works and Chemical Works (ex ICI) and there are various Cotton Mills in this area. If your ancestors once lived in this area their house will most likley be there.
3965: Castleton 1908 15” to 1 mile. This is the continuation of the Heywood 1907 map (Code 3954). It shows Manchester Road running up the centre of the map with terraced housing on either side and farmlands on the outskirts. It includes: Marland Cotton Mill, Castleton Cotton Mill, Globe Works (Textile Machinery), Arrow Cotton Mill, Harp Cotton Mill, Globe Leather Works, Castleton Size Works and Castleton Iron Works. Also shows Liverpool, Bolton & Bury Railway, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Heywood and Rochdale Canals. Etc.
3966: Partington 1904 15” to 1 mile. This shows mainly farm lands on either side of the Manchester Ship Canal. It includes:- Glazebrook Lane, Leebrook Farm, Patent Fuel Works, St. Mary’s Church Partington, Partington Tannery, Moss View, Millbank Paper Mills, Millbank Hall, Coroners Wood, Brook House, etc.
3967: Little Hulton 1907 15” to 1 mile. This map fits to the left of map Walkden (N) & Blackleach 1907 (Code 3921). Salford Road/Manchester Road runs from the top of the map to the bottom right of the map, with mainly terraced houses on each side. It includes:- Bank House, Nicholas Hill, Rothwell’s, Greenheys, Hope Hey, Padiham, Wharton Hall Colliery, Peel Hall, Street Gate. Also shows L.&N.W.R. Little Hulton Mineral Branch Railway, etc.
3968: Bolton (East) 1908 15” to 1 mile. This map includes:- Tong Fold; Breightmet; Darcy Lever; Bury Road runs across the top of the map starting at the junction of Bury New Road/Bradford Street on the left to Breightmet Fold Lane on the right. Also shows – Tonge Cemetery, Bradford Park (Recreation Ground), part of the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal, Croft Side Colliery, etc.
3969: Cleworth Hall 1907 15” to 1 mile. Mainly farmlands with Tyldesley to the left and Walkden South to the right. Railways include L.& Y.R. Pendleton & Hindley Line and L.& N.W.R. Eccles, Tyldesley with Shakerley Line, both running from left to right across the map. It includes:- Combermere Colliery (Disused), Madam’s Wood, New Lester Colliery, Parr Brow, Tyldesley Cemetery, etc.
3970: Heywood (North) & Hooley Bridge 1908 15” to 1 mile. Mainly Wooded and Farm Land Areas with Bury Old Road running from left to right across the map. It includes:- Bamford Hall, Kenyon Fold, Beaumonds, Simpson Clough, St. Michael’s Church on Bury Old Road, Plumpton Hall, Gnat Bank, Hooley Bridge, Queen’s Park, etc
3971: Morecambe 1931 15” to 1 mile. This map is 20 years on from a previous map of Morecambe (Code 3321) It includes:- Marine Road Central, Queen’s Terrace, Poulton Hall, West End Pier, Sandylands, Wood Hill, Heysham North Ward, Alexandra Ward, Sandylands Promenade. Also includes Branches of the L.M.S.R Railways – Heysham and Morecambe, etc.
3972: Plodder Lane 1908 15” to 1 mile. This map fits to the left of the Farnworth map (Code 3901) it covers what was, in 1907-8, a largely rural area south of Bolton. Three major features are included – the Bolton Union Workhouse, Plodder Lane engine sheds, and the recently developed Brackley Colliery. Also includes:- Edge Fold, Bewshill’s Fold,Highfield, Green Fold, Wilken Hall, etc.
3973: Rochdale (SW) & Sudden 1908 15” to 1 mile. This map fits in between maps Heywood (N) (Code 3970 and Rochdale (South) (Code 3383). Most part of the map is farmlands with blocks of terraced houses here and there. The main part of the town shown to the right of Castleton Ward West shows blocks of terraced housing on each side of Manchester Road. Also includes:- Broadhalgh Mill (Woolen), Marland Hospital, Chamber House, Marland, Sudden, Rochdale corporation Sewage Works, Union Ring Mill (Cotton) and Valley Ring Mill (Cotton) etc.
3974: Heysham Harbour 1931 15” to 1 mile Half Moon Bay occupies half of the map with Heysham Harbour and South Quay Railway Siding and Goods Shed. The other part of the map shows scattered housing and farm land. Also includes:- Heysham Head, Heysham Tower, Heysham Hall, Money Close Lane, Smithy Lane, Barrows Lane, part Heysham Road, etc.
3975: Clifton (North) & Wet Earth Colliery 1907 (15” to 1 mile) £2.25, 25gms. This map fills the gap between the maps of Stand & Pendlebury and Kearsley & Prestwich. It shows a great Sewage Farm in the middle and farm lands and wooded areas surrounding. Also includes:- Giant’s Seat Wood, Little Hurst Wood, North Wood, Dixon Fold, Pilkington’s Tile Works, Chloride Accumulator Works, Outwood Bleach Works, etc.
3976: Royton 1932 (15 inches to 1 mile). Mainly terraced housing on each side of the main roads, Oldham Road, Rochdale Road, Shaw Road, Higginshaw Lane & Heyside. It includes:- Market Place, Town Hall, St. Anne’s Church, Monarch Mill (Cotton), Hospital on Sheepfoot Lane, Cotton Mills – Industry Mill, Royton Ring Mill, Booth Hill Mill, Lion Mill, Belgian Mill, King Mill, Turf Lane Mills & Rhos Mill. Also includes LMSR Railways Royton Branch & Oldham & Rochdale Branch. Etc.
3978: Bispham & Norbreck 1908 Lancashire 15 inches to 1 mile. Although the front of the map says 1908, there are three maps, two dated 1912 and one dated 1932. The 1932 map shows a large increase in the number of houses in Bispham. It includes the tram lines all along the sea front (Promenade). The map fits below the map of Thornton Cleveleys 1910 (Code 3945) and above map Blackpool N Shore 1910 (Code 3948). It shows part of Northcliffe Road & Chatsworth Avenue down to Holmfield Road & Duchess Drive. Also includes:- Bamber’s Farm & a School on Red Bank Road, Congl. Church Cavendish Road, Miners’ Convalescent Home, Meth.Ch. (Wes.)Beaufort Avenue, etc.
3979: Unsworth & SE Radcliffe 1932. This map fits below map of Bury (South) 1907 (Code 3388) & above map Whitefield 1907 (Code 3334). It shows mainly farmlands, and housing along the main roads, Bury New Road, Radcliffe New Road & Parr Lane. Includes:- Radcliffe Bleaching Works, Blackford Bridge, Beehive Spindle Works, St. George’s Church Hollins Lane, Spring Water Bleach Works, Elms Playing Fields, Lily Hill Dye Works, Victoria Mills (Cotton), etc.
3980: Wigan (Marus Bridge) 1907 £2.25, 25gms. This map fits to the left of map of Ince Moss 1907 (Code 3394). Mainly farmlands with the L.&N.W.R. Pemberton Branch Railway running from top to bottom. It includes:- Holme's House; Barton's Wood; Tan Pit Slip and Wood; Worthington Fold; Ben Johnson Inn, Warrington Road; Park Lane Collieries. There is another map on the reverse side includes: Blundell's Wood, Goose Green, Scotman's Flash, Pearson's Flash, Ince Moss, Bamfurlong Colliery, Platt Bridge Railway Junction. etc.
3981: Gathurst & Crooke 1907 £2.25, 25gms. This map fits to the left of the map of Wigan NW 1907 (Code 3949). Shows mainly farmlands and wooded areas with the L.& Y.R. Wigan & Southport Railway Line, River Douglas and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal running from left to right across the map. It includes:- Dean Cottages; Milk House Cottage, Yorkshire Row; John Pit Houses; Otters Croft Wood; Ackhurst Hall; Woodock Row; Hollands Houses, Wigan Lower Road; Cuthbert Scotts. There is also a Manchester, Bolton, and Wigan to Southport Railway Time Table on the reverse side. etc.
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