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 Ashton (East):

  • Lancashire Sheet 101.08 Ashton in Makerfield (East) & Edge Green 1906 - published 2004; intro by Alan Godfrey. ISBN.978-1-84151-637-0

    This highly detailed map covers the eastern part of Ashton in Makerfield, now part of Wigan MBC. Coverage stretches from Town Green and York Road eastward to Dam Lane and Edge Green Colliery. Features include the eastern part of Ashton, incl Record Cotton Mill, Town Green Farm, Cookson's Farm, Bolton Road and tramway. Further east the map includes Golborne Road, Edge Green Colliery, a stretch of the GCR St Helen's Branch, Garswood Hall Collieries Shaft 9, Harrow Hotel, and several mineral lines around Edge Green. On the reverse we include a list of private residents in Ashton from a 1918 directory.

    The map links up with sheets 101.04 Bamfurlong to the north, 101.07 Ashton in Makerfield to the west, 101.12 Haydock Park to the south, 102.05 Byrom Hall to the east.

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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 / 25 July 2022