Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Wigan MBC

  • 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 Platt Bridge:

  • Lancashire Sheet 94.13 Platt Bridge & Bickershaw Lane 1906 - published 2002; intro by Alan Godfrey. ISBN.978-1-84151-451-2

    This highly detailed map covers an area SE of Wigan, showing the area from Warrington Road eastward to Bickershaw Lane. The map was divided between Hindley, Abram and Ince in Makerfield councils. Features include a stretch of the GCR Wigan Junction Branch with Bickershaw & Abram station, a stretch of the LNWR Eccles & Wigan line with Platt Bridge station, several spurs and junctions, part of the LNWR West Leigh Line, Hindley Field Collieries, Victoria Collieries, Low Hall Collieries, Brookside Colliery, Wigan Junction Colliery, tramways with tram shed at Platt Bridge, Leyland Park, Hussey House Colliery (disused), etc. On the reverse we include a directory of Platt Bridge, plus an 1897 timetable for the Manchester-Tyldesley-Wigan line.

    The map links up with sheets 94.09 Hindley to the north, 93.16 Ince Moss to the west, 94.14 Hindley Green to the east and 102.01 Abram to the south.

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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 the North West, return to the North West page.
    The Godfrey Edition / sales@alangodfreymaps.co.uk / 4 March 2018