Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Greater Manchester

  • 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 Clifton (N):

  • Lancashire Sheet 95.12 Clifton (North) & Wet Earth Colliery 1907 - published 2008; intro by Alan Godfrey. ISBN.978-1-84784-138-4

    This detailed map was divided (in 1907) between Whitefield UDC, Outwood Parish and Barton upon Irwell Rural District. The River Irwell runs through the map and major features include Wet Earth Colliery, Pilkington's Tile Works, Chloride Accumulator Works, a stretch of the Clifton Accrington railway with Molyneux Brow station, Dixon Fold station, the Wet Earth Railway, the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Fletcher's Canal, Outwood Bleach Works, Giant's Seat Wood, Little Hurst Wood, Bolton sewage farm, Dixon Fold, St Anne's church, Robin Hood Siding etc. On the reverse we include a large extract from 6" to the Mile map 95se giving fuller coverage of the around Clifton and Kearsley.

    The map links up with sheets 95.08 Stand to the north, 95.11Kearsley to the west, 96.09 Prestwich to the east and 95.16 Pendlebury 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 April 2018