Old OS Town Plans of Bury

This map is taken from the Ordnance Survey's highly detailed Five foot plans. Originally published at a scale of 1:1056 or 5 feet to the mile, we have reduced them in scale to 1:1760 or a Yard to the Mile. The maps, though covering quite a small area, are finely detailed, showing such features as capstans and mooring posts, lamp-posts, the layouts of back yards, and even the interior of certain buildings such as churches. For the urban historian they are perhaps the most fascinating maps ever published by the Ordnance Survey.

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Here are the details of maps for Bury Town Centre:

Bury Sheet 3 Bury: Town Centre 1847-59 - published 2026; intro by Nigel Jepson. ISBN.978-1-78721-932-8

This map covers the centre of Bury in wonderful detail. Features include the East Lancashire Station, Carriage Works, Goods warehouse, St Mary's church, Congregational Chapel, Unitarian Chapel, River Irwell, Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Bridge Mills, Soho Works, Brooksmouth Mill, Irwell House, St Mary's RC Chapel, New Market Place, Bury & Prestwich Turnpike, etc. The map was surveyed in 1847 but some railway information has been updated to about 1859.

On the reverse we include 10 foot to the mile sheet 88.9.7 covering the Market Place and Town Centre in 1890, together with a 2,000 word introduction to the history of the area.

The map links up with sheet 5 Bury Buckley Wells to the south.

Follow this link for a complete list of our Bury maps or here for all maps in the North West. 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 Lancashire, return to the North West page.

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