We have published more than 2,000 maps in our series of Old Ordnance Survey Map reprints, including a major group for the Yorkshire 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 Wombwell (S):
This detailed map covers the southern part of Wombwell, a few miles SE of Barnsley, with some nearby hamlets. Coverage stretches from Wombwell Market Place southward to Lundhill Farm and eastward to Broom Hill. The Dearne & Dove Canal and its Elsecar Branch wind through the map, meeting at Wombwell Junction. The GCR Barnsley to Barnetby railway runs across the map, with a stretch of its Elsecar Branch. Several small hamlets are shown: Lundhill Row, Concrete Cottages, The Junction and Broom Hill. At the foot of the map part of Cortonwood Colliery is shown. Within Wombwell features include Wombwell Hall, Summer Lane, Poplar Farm. Other features include Brampton Bull's Head Inn, Cliffe Field, Lundhill Staithe, Hemingfield Sewage Works, several old shafts, Dearne Valley Water Works. On the reverse we include directories for Brampton Bierlow, Hemingfield and Wombwell.
This map links up with sheets 275.14 Darfield to the north.
Follow this link for a complete list of our Barnsley area 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.
The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 18 June 2007