Old OS Town Plans of Manchester

  • For a few areas of Liverpool and Manchester we have also reprinted some of the very early Five-foot plans. Originally published at a scale of 1:1056 or 5 feet to the mile, we have reduced them in scale to 1:1760 or a Yard to the Mile. The maps, though covering quite a small area, are quite wonderfully detailed, showing such features as capstans and mooring posts, lamp-posts, the layouts of back yards, and even the interior of certain buildings such as churches. For the urban historian they are perhaps the most fascinating maps ever published by the Ordnance Survey.
  • Maps can be purchased on our On-line Mapshop.

    • Here are the details of maps for Chorlton on Medlock:

  • Manchester Sheet 39 Chorlton on Medlock 1848 - published 1995; intro by Chris Makepeace. ISBN.978-0-85054-719-1

    This extremely detailed map covers a good part of Chorlton on Medlock, on the south side of Manchester. Coverage stretches from Grosvenor Square eastward to Ardwick Green, and from Sidney Street southward to Tuer Street. Apart from the streets of housing - from terraces and courts to detached villas - features include All Saints church, Oxford Street Chapel, Town Hall, Rusholme Road Cemetery, Upper Brook St Chapel, Rusholme Road Chapel, Grosvenor Street Chapel. On the reverse we include a selection of street directory entries, incl Booth Street, Boundary Lane/Street, Clifford Street, Grosvenor Street, Oxford Street, Rosamond Street, Rusholme Road.

    The map links up with Manchester Sheets 34 London Road to the north, 38 Hulme to the west, 40 Higher Ardwick to the east.

  • Follow this link for a complete list of our Manchester Town Plans or here for other maps of Manchester.
  • 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 Lancashire, return to the North West page.
    The Godfrey Edition / sales@alangodfreymaps.co.uk / 1 Feb 2018