We have published more than 2,000 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, including a small group for the Soke of Peterborough. 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 Peterborough:
We have published two versions of this detailed map, so you can see how central Peterborough changed across the years. The maps cover the central area, with coverage stretching from Priestgate northward to Taverners Road, and from Westwood Park Road eastward to Crawthorne Road. The Cathedral is in the lower right corner. Other features include the main station, with track layout shown, and other railway features such as engine and wagon repair sheds; Westwood engineering works, Old Gaol, Queen Street Iron Works, Market Hall, Infirmary, Poor Law Institution or Workhouse, St John the Baptist church, Deanery, St Peter's College, Guildhall, Westwood House, County Court, Westgate, Cowgate, Low Causeway, Theatre Royal, Kings School, All Saints church (top right corner), St Mark's church, St Barnabas church, tramways. Directory extracts are included on the reverse: the 1901 version includes a list of private residents from the 1898 directory, the 1924 version has the A-D entries from the commercial entry of a 1920 directory.
This map links up with Northants Sheet 8.07 Peterborough North to the north, 8.12 Peterborough East to the east and 8.16 Peterborough South to the south.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Northamptonshire Series 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 East Midlands area, return to the East Midlands page
The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 5 April 2007