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 Irlam:
Here we give you two detailed maps, to show how the area developed across the years. The main map is the 1926 version and covers an area from Moss Road and Cadishead Moss eastward to Liverpool Road. Most development is at the eastern part of the map, features including Jenny Green, the Co-op Soap and Candle Works, Fairhills Road, Irlam Hall, and the northern part of Lower Irlam. West of this development is Cadishead Moss and here a surprising feature is the tramway network running across it for the carriage and disposal of manure and other refuse. On the reverse we include a large part of the earlier 1904 revision, showing the Jenny Green and Irlam Hall area before further development.
This map links up with Sheets 110.02 Flixton to the east and 110.05 Lower Irlam to the south.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Trafford 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 / 9 May 2008