Old Ordnance Survey Maps of St Helens


  • This is our coverage of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens. This was created in 1974, combining the County Borough of St Helens with Haydock Urban District, Newton-le-Willows Urban District and Rainford Urban District, plus some outlying parishes. It then moved to the new Merseyside county and since 2014 has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
  • All maps are available from our On-line Mapshop.

    The following titles are all taken from the OS 25" maps and reduced to a scale of approximately 14 inches to the mile.


  • The following are the principal Lancashire maps in the St Helens area:

  • Lancs 100.16 St Helens NW 1906 - published 2011; intro by Mary Presland
  • Lancs 101.11 Haydock (North) 1906 published 2010; intro by Kay Parrott
  • Lancs 101.13a St Helens NE 1892 - published 2002; intro by Mary Presland
  • Lancs 101.13b St Helens NE 1906 - published 2012; intro by Derrick Pratt
  • Lancs 101.14 St Helens (Blackbrook & Parr) 1906 - published 2011; intro by Kay Parrott
  • Lancs 101.15 Earlestown (North) 1910 published 2010; intro by Kay Parrott
  • Lancs 101.16 Newton-le-Willows 1906 published 2013; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • Lancs 107.04 St Helens SW 1906 published 1998; intro by Mary Presland
  • Lancs 107.08 Thatto Heath 1905 published 2016; intro by Kay Parrott
  • Lancs 107.12 Rainhill 1906 published 2013; intro by Kay Parrott
  • Lancs 108.01a St Helens SE 1892 - published 2021; intro by Barrie Trinder
  • Lancs 108.01b St Helens SE 1906 - published 2002; intro by Mary Presland
  • Lancs 108.03a Earlestown (South) 1891 published 2010; intro by Kay Parrott
  • Lancs 108.03b Earlestown (South) 1906 published 2013; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • Lancs 108.04 Newton-le-Willows (S) 1906 published 2013; intro by Alan Godfrey

    The area is also covered in our Inch to the Mile series. The principal sheets are:

  • 84 South Lancashire Coalfield 1907 - published 2000; intro by Alan Crosby. Includes a map of Bryn
  • 96 Liverpool & The Wirral 1904 1904 - published 2005; intro by Alan Crosby. Includes a map of Wirral Colliery.
  • 97 The Lower Mersey, Runcorn & Warrington 1913 - published 2005; intro by Alan Crosby. Includes a map of Preston Brook HR>
  • Most 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 Lancashire and Cheshire maps, go to the North West page

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