We have published more than 2,000 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. Or visit The Index Page for a full list to the series and details of Prices.
Here are the details of maps for Kirkby:
This detailed map covers Kirkby when it was just a village. Coverage stretches from Carr House Farm eastward to St Chad's church, and northward to St Thomas church Melling. Features include Kirkby station on the LYR line, Kirkby Park, Mill House, Kirkby Mill, Kirkby Bridge, Midland Pottery Works, Horse & Jockey pub, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Waddicar, New House Farm. Kirkby would change little until the second half of the century. The population then rose from 3,100 in 1951 to 52,207 ten years later. We include directories of Kirkby and Melling on the reverse.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Knowsley 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 / 22 July 2008