Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Derbyshire

  • These detailed maps normally cover an area of about one and a half miles by one mile. Each map includes an introduction.
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    • Here are the details of maps for Birch Vale:

  • Derbyshire Sheet 5.15 Birch Vale 1896 - published 1998; intro by Derek Brumhead & Roger Bryant. ISBN.978-0-85054-972-0

    This detailed map covers an area east of New Mills, with coverage stretching from Watford Lodge eastward to Birch Vale.

    Features include Print Works (Calico), Hayfield Union Workhouse, Sheffield & Midland Jt railway with Birch Vale station, Garrison Bleach Works, Pleasant View, High Hill Farm, Ravensleach Quarry, Birch Vale print works, colliery, Thornset etc. On the reverse we include a large extract of the 1919 map, showing the Birch Vale and Thornset area at a later stage, together with directory entries for Birch Vale and Thornset.

    The map links up with Derbyshire sheets 5.14 New Mills (N) to the west, 5.16 Hayfield to the east and 8.03 New Mills (Low Leighton) to the south.

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