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 Platt Bridge:
This highly detailed map covers an area SE of Wigan, showing the area from Warrington Road eastward to Bickershaw Lane. The map was divided between Hindley, Abram and Ince in Makerfield councils. Features include a stretch of the GCR Wigan Junction Branch with Bickershaw & Abram station, a stretch of the LNWR Eccles & Wigan line with Platt Bridge station, several spurs and junctions, part of the LNWR West Leigh Line, Hindley Field Collieries, Victoria Collieries, Low Hall Collieries, Brookside Colliery, Wigan Junction Colliery, tramways with tram shed at Platt Bridge, Leyland Park, Hussey House Colliery (disused), etc. On the reverse we include a directory of Platt Bridge, plus an 1897 timetable for the Manchester-Tyldesley-Wigan line.
The map links up with sheets 94.09 Hindley to the north, 93.16 Ince Moss to the west.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Wigan area 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 / 15 April 2008