Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Greater Manchester

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  • Here are the details of maps for Moston:

  • Lancashire Sheet 96.16 Moston 1933 - published 2007; intro by Chris Makepeace. ISBN.978-1-84784-042-4

    This detailed map covers the Moston area of NE Manchester. Coverage stretches from Arran Street and Lily Lane eastward to Hale Lane and Hardman Fold, and from Bluestone Road northward to Charlestown Road. The area was still not fully built up at the time. Features include Broadhurst Park, Street Fold, tramways, Blackley Golf Course, the eastern half of Boggart Hole Clough, St Joseph's Cemetery, Shackcliffe Green, Moston Collieries, Moston Mill, New Moston, Engineering Works; the LMS railway with Moston Exchange Sidings runs through the map. On the reverse we include extracts from a 1917 street directory, for Lightbowne Road and Moston Lane.

    The map links up with sheets 96.15 Blackley to the west, 97.13 Failsworth to the east and 104.04 Newton Heath to the south.


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