We have published more than 2,000 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, including a major group for the Leeds area. 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 Holbeck:
This detailed map covers a very busy area of south Leeds, criss-crossed by railways, thick with industry, and also crowded by back-to-back houses. Coverage stretches from Amberley Road eastward to David Street, and from Central Station southward to Brown Lane. Railway features include Central Station; Midland, LNWR and GNR engine sheds; Whitehall Road Goods Station, Holbeck MR and GNR stations, western approaches to City station, Wortley West and East Junctions, Farnley & Wortley station, Canal Junction, Holbeck Junction and all the connecting lines shown in detail, with track layout, signal posts, turntables etc. Industry includes Temple Works, Tower Works, Monk Bridge Iron & Steel Works, Ingram Works, Leeds Gas Works, Whitehall Soap Works. Other features include Holbeck Workhouse, Mint, Mann's Field, New Wortley Cemetery, prison (left blank for security reasons), Cattle Market, numerous churches, tramways, Wortley Recreation Ground, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, and much more. On the reverse we include a selection of street directory entries, including Domestic Street, Gelderd Road, Holbeck Lane, Marshall Street, Tong Road, Wellington Road, Whitehall Road.
The map links up with Sheets 218.01 Leeds NW to the north, 217.08 Wortley to the west, 218.06 South Leedsto the east and 218.09 Beeston to the south.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Bradford and Leedsarea maps; or here for the whole Yorkshire series.
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 / 8 August 2007