Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Gateshead

Gateshead was where the series began. Working from my home in Dunston - where I ran a small business selling secondhand maps - I published a reprint of the Gateshead East map in September 1981. With encouragement and support from the local education department and library, I quickly published further maps, and the series soon spread to Newcastle, South Shields and Sunderland. By 1983 I was publishing maps for other areas of the country.

Not surprisingly we still have a good range of maps for Gateshead and we are always looking at ways of improving the group. A Rowlands Gill map was added in 2000 and we have issued fresh editions of the Blaydon, Low Fell and Gateshead Fell maps, with newly commissioned historical notes.

This page lists all the available maps for Gateshead. Sheet-numbering is confusing because many of the maps were issued by the Ordnance Survey in a Tyneside series; we retain this numbering (and have actually extended it to a few other maps). Other maps were left with their original County Durham sheet numbers. Click on the thumbnail right for an index map for the area, and hopefully this will make things clear! Information pages are being added for individual maps; simnply follow the links where these have been added.

Tyneside Series maps:
  • Sheet 17 Elswick 1913 (includes Dunston Riverside) - published 1989; introduction by Jimmy Donald
  • Sheet 18.2 Newcastle & Gateshead 1894 - published 1981, 2nd Edition 1983, 3rd Edition 1987; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • Sheet 18.3 Newcastle & Gateshead 1914 - published 1985, 2nd Edition 2002; intro by John Griffiths
  • Sheet 19 Gateshead (East) 1895 - published 1981, 2nd Edition 1990; intro by Iain Watson
  • Sheet 19a St Anthony's & Bill Quay 1912 - published 1985; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • Sheet 22 Dunston 1894 - published 1981, rev 1982, 2nd Edition 1992; intro by Andrew Maslivec
  • Sheet 23 Gateshead South (incl Bensham, Teams & Shipcote) 1894 - published 1981, 2nd Edition 1992; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • Sheet 24 Felling 1894 - published 1982, 2nd Edition 1989; intro by Shaun Addison
  • Sheet 26 Scotswood & Derwenthaugh 1895 - published 1983, 2nd Edition 1996; intro by Robert Forsythe
  • Sheet 27 Whickham & Swalwell 1895 - published 1982, 2nd Edition 1996; intro by Robert Forsythe
  • Sheet 28 Blaydon & Stella 1895 - published 1983, 2nd Edition 2003; intro by John Griffiths
    Co Durham Series maps:
  • Sheet 1.11 Wylam & Clara Vale 1895 - published 1999; introduction by John Griffiths
  • Sheet 6.08 Low Fell 1895 - published 1982, 2nd Edition 2003; intro by John Griffiths
  • Sheet 6.09 Rowlands Gill 1895 - published 2000; intro by Jennifer Gill
  • Sheet 7.05 Gateshead Fell & Sheriff Hill 1895 - published 1982 (as Sheriff Hill), 2nd Edition 2003; intro by John Griffiths
  • Sheet 13.01 Birtley 1896 - published 1983 out of print but a few hand-folded copies may be available on-line at £1.00 each.

    The following maps for the Gateshead area are now out of print: 1.12 Ryton; 7.02 Heworth; and 7.09 Wrekenton. Consideration will be given to reprints or new editions if there is sufficient demand.

    Maps in the Godfrey Edition are taken from the 25 inch to the mile map and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. They cost just £ 2.25 each. For a full list of County Durham maps, return to the North East page

    You can now order maps direct from our On-line Mapshop. They are also available from various local outlets.

    Alan Godfrey Maps, Prospect Business Park, Leadgate, Consett, DH8 7PW. Tel 01207 583388
    The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 29 Sept 2007