Here are the details of maps for Whitchurch
We have published more than 1,800 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, including a good groups for Shropshire. 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 Whitchurch
This detailed map of the north Shropshire town of Whitchurch is double-sided to give maximum coverage. The main map covers the centre of the town and extends westward to the area called Chemistry and southward to Moss Villa and Mossfield almost a mile out of town. Features include the town centre, High Street, Watergate, Smithfield, church, Market Hall, Jubilee Park, Shropshire Union Canal, Gas Works. On the reverse we include a section of adjacent sheet 8.01 which extends coverage eastward to include the important station, including engine shed and junction with the Cambrian line. A directory of Whitchurch in 1905 is also included.
You might find this index map useful.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Shropshire Series maps. We have also published a small scale Inch to the Mile map for the area.
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 Shropshire area, return to the West Midlands page.
The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 23 December 2005