We have published more than 2,100 titles in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, including a large group in Lancashire and several around Wigan. 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 Ince in Makerfield:
This highly detailed map covers the Ince in Makerfield area, now part of Wigan.The map is criss-crossed by railways, including a stretch of the main LMS route with Springs Branch Junction, the Springs Branch, the LNER Wigan Junction Branch, the east-west 'Wigan Loop' line, the former LYR line incl Ince station, Springs Branch engine depot, part of the Lancashire Union Line and various mineral lines, sidings etc. Other features include Moss Pits, Fir Tree Sidings with Wagon Works, Wigan Wagon Works, Ince Wagon Works, Church Iron Works, Ince Forge, Ince Cemetery, Wigan Borough Cemetery, stretches of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Lower Ince, Pearson's Flash etc. A 1918 directory of Higher and Lower Ince is included on the reverse.
The map links up with sheets 93.08 Wigan to the north, 93.11 Pemberton to the west, 94.09 Hindley to the east and 93.16 Ince Moss to the south.
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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 / 15 April 2008