Old Ordnance Survey Maps of County Durham

  • 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 Consett:

  • Durham 11.14a Consett 1896 - published 1995; intro by Carolyn Ball. ISBN.978-0-85054-757-3
  • Durham 11.14b Consett 1919 - published 2015; intro by Neil Gander. ISBN.978-1-84784-936-6
  • Durham 11.14c Consett 1939 - published 2022; intro by Tom Hutchinson. ISBN.978-1-78721-522-1

    We have published three versions of this map, showing how the area changed across the years.

    The maps cover the steel town of Consett, which developed from a hamlet of just 146 people in 1831. The Derwent Iron Company was formed in 1841 and this was succeeded in 1864 by the Consett Iron Company. By 1891 the population was 8,760. The town is in the top right quadrant of the map; the massive iron works dominates the western half of the map and is shown here with all its railway tracks, blast furnaces, coke ovens. To the west are Consett Hall and The Grove. South of the town are railways: the NER Annfield Plain Branch, Iveston Railway, Consett Iron Works Railway. Other features include Templetown, Delves Brick Works, Latterday Saint Pit, Puddlers Row, Town Hall, Carrhouse Quarry, Christ Church, Buildings Farm.

    The map links up with Sheets 11.10 Blackhill & Shotley Bridge to the north.

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  • 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 / sales@alangodfreymaps.co.uk / 25 February 2022