We have published more than 2,100 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 Moses Gate:
This detailed map covers the Moses Gate area, between Bolton and Farnworth. Coverage stretches eastward to Dove Bank (NE corner of map) and Farnworth Cemetery (SE corner). Features on the map include railway with Moses Gate station, Farnworth Bleachery, River Croal, Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Bolton Textile Mills, Hall Chemical Works, Great Lever chemical works, Hacken Outfall Sewage Works, Great Lever Bleach Works, Great Lever Colliery, Burnden, Bee Hive Mills, engine shed, Harper Green, Lower Doe Hey Reservoir, St Michael's church, Gravel Hole Colliery, Darcy Lever Old Hall, Great Lever Hall, etc Various directory extracts are included on the reverse, continuing from those on the Farnworth map.
The map links up with Lancashire Sheets 87.14 Bolton East to the north, 95.03 Little Lever to the east, 95.06 Farnworth to the south.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Bolton 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 / 28 December 2007