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 Kearsley:
This detailed map covers the village of Kearsley and the area to the south. Kearsley and Kearsley Green are at the top of the map. Features include St Stephen's church, Manor Cottages, Spindle Point Colliery, a stretch of the Manchester-Bolton railway with branch to colliery and mineral railway, Clifton & Kearsley Colliery Works, Clifton House, Giant's Seat House, Kearsley Moss, Clifton Moss. Linnyshaw Colliery is in the SW corner of map. As a bonus on the reverse we include an extract from an 1890 Inch to the Mile map showing the area, annotated with collieries and transport links.
The map links up with Lancashire Sheets 95.07 Stoneclough to the north, 95.10 Walkden North to the west, 95.12 Clifton to the east and 95.15 Wardley to the south.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Bolton maps or here for Salford 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 / 22 May 2008