Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Bury and Rochdale

  • 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 Ainsworth:

  • Lancashire Sheet 87.11 Ainsworth 1908 - published 2004; intro by Paul Hindle. ISBN.978-1-84151-629-5

    This detailed map covers the village of Ainsworth, midway between Bolton and Bury. The village is central to the map and features include Christ Church, Hey Club Row, chapels, Moorside Mill, quarry, Ainsworth Hall, Anthony Fields, Ainsworth Hospital, and various outlying houses. Coverage extends eastward to Cockey Moor and westward to Breightmet Fold (SW corner of map) on the outskirts of Bolton; features there include Breightmet Bleach Works, Red Bridge Mill. Harwood Lodge is in NW corner of map. On the reverse we include a directory of Ainsworth, plus portraits and information on John Miles, Mayor of Bolton, and John Battersby, Mayor of Bury, and their wives.

    The map links up with Lancashire Sheets 87.10 Bolton NE to the west, 87.12 Bury West to the east and 87.15 Bradley Fold to the south.

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