Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Yorkshire

These detailed maps normally cover an area of about one and a half miles by one mile. Each map includes an introduction.

They are available through our On-line Mapshop

Here are the details of maps for Barnsley:

Yorks Sheet 274.07a Barnsley 1890 - published 2012; intro by Melvyn Jones. ISBN.978-1-84784-622-8

Yorks Sheet 274.07b Barnsley 1904 - published 1986; intro by Harold Taylor. ISBN.978-0-85054-108-3

We have published two versions of this detailed map, showing how the area changed across the years. The 1890 version is in full colour, taken from the beautiful 1st Edition OS hand-coloured map. Each map covers most of the town centre, while coverage extends westward to Gawber and northward to Green Foot and New Gawber.

Features include May Day Green, Court House station, Midland Railway and South Yorkshire Railway, Old Mill Bleach Works, Harborough House, Gawber Hall, Hope Works, Taylor's Mill, Jordan Hill, Summer Lane Station, Pog Moor, Workhouse etc. Each map includes extracts from an early directory.

This map links up with Yorkshire Sheets 274.08 Barnsley NE to the east and 274.11 Barnsley South to the south.

For a list of all our Barnsley maps go to the Barnsley page or follow this link 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.

Alan Godfrey Maps, Prospect Business Park, Leadgate, Consett, Co Durham, DH8 7PW / sales@alangodfreymaps.co.uk / 28 January 2018