We have published more than 2,200 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, and the series includes a very good group for Birmingham and the West Midlands. 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. 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. For other information and Prices, see Index Page.
Here are the details of maps for Handsworth (West):
This detailed and early map covers the eastern part of West Bromwich and western part of Handsworth, with the area known as The Hawthorns in the centre. Coverage stretches from Roebuck Lane eastward to Booth Street.
Features include GWR railway with Handsworth Junction, Handsworth & Smethwick station and portion of Stourbridge extension line; tramway, Railway Carriage Works, Sandwell Place, Phoenix Bolt Works, St James church Handsworth, Sandwell Park Colliery, Galton Junction, St Stephen's Mission Room, Belle Vue Brewery etc. Several villas stand in grounds away from the industrial area. We include street directories for Booth Street, Crocketts Road and Wattville Road on the reverse.
The map links up with Staffordshire sheets 68.11 Sandwell Hall to the north, 68.14 Oldbury to the west, 72.03 Smethwick to the south and Warwickshire sheet 7.16 Handsworth to the east.
For a full list of maps of local maps, please go to the Birmingham page or to the Sandwell page.
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 England, return to the England page.
Alan Godfrey Maps, Prospect Business Park, Leadgate, Consett, Co Durham, DH8 7PW / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 24 April 2009