We have published more than 1,800 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, including a good groups for Shropshire. The maps are highly detailed. They are taken from the OS 1:2,500 (or 25 inch) maps and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. Each covers an area of a mile and a half by a mile. They show streets with individual houses, tram tracks, railway tracks and even signals, factories, wharves and such details as fountains and water troughs. They will provide hours of fascination for historians and genealogists. The maps are neatly folded and each includes a specially written introduction to the area. Maps can be purchased on our On-line Mapshop where further information about titles is given. Or visit The Index Page for a full list to the series and details of Prices.
Here are the details of maps for Bishop's Castle & Clun:
This detailed map is double-sided so that we can give coverage of two of south Shropshire's little towns. Our main map covers Bishop's Castle which, until 1966, could claim to be the smallest municipal borough in England. Until 1832 it returned two Members to Parliament. Between 1865 and 1935 it was the terminus of an especially eccentric railway, linking it with the outside world at Craven Arms. The map covers most of the town, from Castlegreen and the site of the castle southward to St John the Baptist's church and the Old Hall, and beyond them into open country. Features include the workhouse, the terminus of the Bishop's Castle Railway, Church Street, High Street. Beyond the town we find isolated houses, the map going as far as The Hut, Snakescroft, Oakeley Farm. On the reverse is a section of Sheet 69.11, covering the centre of Clun, really a large village rather than town. Features include St George's church, the castle ruins, High Street, Clun Bridge. To complete a valuable local history package, the map includes commercial directories for both towns.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Shropshire Series maps. We have also published a small scale Inch to the Mile map for the area.
You can order maps direct from our On-line Mapshop. For other information and prices, and other areas, go to The Index Page.
Maps in the Godfrey Edition are taken from the 25 inch to the mile map and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. For a full list of maps for the Shropshire area, return to the West Midlands page.
The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 23 Dec 2005