index right shows the
areas covered.A well established feature of our series is the group of maps for the Wirral Peninsula, geographically part of Cheshire but today a Metropolitan Borough in its own right. The area covered includes great contrasts, from the leisured suburbia that sprang up around the golf link resort of Hoylake, to the much denser housing around industrial Birkenhead. New Brighton, once a major seaside resort, had a Tower higher than Blackpool's, as well as a symphony orchestra conducted by the fine (and under-rated) composer Granville Bantock. Birkenhead was a major shipbuilding port, with a town centre that was largely planned, its grid pattern looking almost American on this map. Port Sunlight, close by the Sunlight Soap Works, is a model village of national importance. Across the maps there are important pockets of industry and leisure, with many railways, tramways and ferry piers to interest the transport historian.
Each map includes a specially commissioned introduction to the history of the area; most also include extracts from
contemporary directories. Further information about individual maps is given in our
On-line Mapshop. The index right shows the
areas covered.
See right for a small sample extract of West Kirby:
We also publish a series of smaller scale Inch to the Mile maps. For details of this series visit the One Inch page. The Wirral is covered by the following map:
Most maps in the Godfrey Edition are taken from the 25 inch to the mile map and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. They cost just £ 2.25 each. For a full list of Cheshire maps, return to the North West page
You can now order maps direct from our On-line Mapshop.