Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Lanarkshire

  • These detailed maps normally cover an area of about one and a half miles by one mile. Each map includes an introduction.
  • They are available through our On-line Mapshop

  • Here are the details of maps for Motherwell:

  • Lanarkshire Sheet 12.13a Motherwell 1896 - published 2000; intro by Ron Porteous & John Griffiths. ISBN.978-1-84151-210-5
  • Lanarkshire Sheet 12.13b Motherwell 1910 - published 2007; intro by Gilbert Bell. ISBN.978-1-84151-984-5

    We have published two versions of this highly detailed map, showing how the area developed across the years. It covers the central area of Motherwell, around the station and Town Hall. Coverage then extends westward to Logans Plantation, with Hamilton Bridge towards the SW corner. Features include station and railway junctions, mineral lines, Park Street, Brandon Street, Merry Street, Clyde Street, Muir Street, Watsonville, County Hospital for infectious diseases, Burgh Hospital, New Camp, Parkhead Colliery Pit 7, Camp Colliery Pit 2, Motherwell Colliery Pits 2 & 4, North Motherwell Colliery Pit 1. The 1910 map has the tramway depot. Extracts from a contemporary directory list private residents and a selection of trades on the 1896 map, and a selection from a trade directory on the 1910 map.


    You might find this index map useful. The map links up with Sheets 11.16 Hamilton Low Parks to the west, 12.09 Motherwell North to the north, and 12.14 Motherwell East 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 Scotland, return to the Scotland page.
    The Godfrey Edition / sales@alangodfreymaps.co.uk / 11 November 2016