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 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 South Failsworth:
This detailed map covers the southern part of Failsworth with Woodhouses, an area that is now split between Manchester and Tameside. Coverage stretches from Ashton Road West and Lord Lane eastward to Woodhouse Green and Crime Bridge, and from Holt Lane End southward to Hulmes Road. This is a semi-rural area but it includes two stretches of the Hollinwood Branch canal and a stretch of the Rochdale Canal. The River Medlock also flows through part of the map. Woodhouses runs down through the map, to Bottom of Woodhouses. Features include Failsworth Cemetery, Failsworth Mill, Regent Mill, Hope Mill, Bank Mill, Albion Street Mill, Argyll Mill, Cutler Hill. Street directory extracts on the reverse include the entries for Ashton Road East, Ashton Road West, Kershaw Street, Lord Lane and Woodhouses.
The map links up with sheets 97.13 Failsworth to the north, 104.04 Newton Heath to the west and 105.05 Droylsden to the south.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Manchester or Tameside maps.
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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 / 12 October 2007