We have published more than 2,000 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, including a large group in Lancashire. 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 Nelson:
This highly detailed map covers the Lancashire weaving town of Nelson, of which author Alan Crosby asks whether it is the only important place in Britain to be named after a public house, the Lord Nelson. This is a very busy map, and coverage stretches from Charles Street and Rook Street southward to Little Marsden, and from Lomeshaye Mills eastward to Glenfield Road. The many features include the railway with station and goods station, skating rink, Lomeshaye, Bradley, Whitefield, Little Marsden, tramways, Walverden Park, Victoria Park, Carr Hall. The many mills include Lomeshaye, Spring Bank, Whitefield, Albert, Laurel Bank, Seedhill, Pendle Street, Parkfield, Vale Street Shed, Walverden Shed, Netherfield Shed, Victoria, Walverden, Bradley Shed, Throstle Nest, Bankfield, Bowling, Valley, Oak Bank, Hendon, Glenfield and Scholefield Mills. We include some extracts from an early directory.
Follow this link for a complete list of our East Lancashire maps.
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 North West, return to the North West page.
The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 5 December 2007