Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Wakefield MBC

This is our coverage of Wakefield, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Wakefield was created a City in 1888 and became a County Borough in 1913. The present Metropolitan Borough was formed in 1974 with the amalgamation of the City of Wakefield, Castleford Borough, Ossett Borough, Pontefract Borough, Featherstone Urban District, Hemsworth Urban District, Horbury Urban District, Knottingley Urban District, Normanton Urban District, Stanley Urban District, Wakefield Rural District, and parts of Hemsworth and Osgoldcross Rural Districts. At the same time it became part of the new West Yorkshire Metropolitan County. Since 1986 it has been a unitary authority.

  • The following titles are taken from the OS 25" maps and reduced to a scale of approximately 14 inches to the mile. They are extremely detailed, showing individual houses, details such as railway tracks, pathways, pubs, factories and even minutiae such as fountains and signal posts. Each covers an area of a mile and a half by one mile, and includes an introduction. All maps are available from our On-line Mapshop.

    • These are the maps for Wakefield in our Yorkshire series:

  • 233.07 Lofthouse & Ouzelwell Green 1905 - published 2024; intro by Martin Handley
  • 233.10 East Ardsley 1905 - published 2024; intro by Martin Handley
  • 233.11 Lofthouse Gate & Outwood 1913 - published 2021; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 233.12 Bottom Boat & Lake Lock 1905 - published 2021; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 233.15 Outwood 1892 - published 2021; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 234.07 Castleford 1905 - published 1991, intro by Gordon Dickinson
  • 234.10 Whitwood 1905 - published 2022; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 234.11 Castleford (South) 1905 - published 2017; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 234.13a Normanton 1906 - published 1997; intro by John Goodchild
  • 234.13b Normanton 1932 - published 2021; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 234.16 Pontefract Monkhill 1905 - published 2015; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 235.09 Ferrybridge 1905 - published 1990; intro by John Goodchild
  • 235.13 Ferrybridge (South) 1905 - published 1990; intro John Goodchild
  • 235.14 Knottingley 1905 - published 1990; intro by John Goodchild
  • 247.04 Earlsheaton 1905 - published 2009; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 247.08 Ossett (SW) & Combs 1905 - published 2009; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 248.01 Ossett (North) 1905 - published 2011; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 248.02 Alverthorpe 1905 - published 2012; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 248.03a Wakefield (North) 1890 - published 1987; intro by John Goodchild
  • 248.03b Wakefield (North) 1913 - published 2021; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 248.06 Wakefield (West) 1905 - published 2012; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 248.07a Wakefield (South) 1890 - published 1987; intro by John Goodchild
  • 248.07b Wakefield (South) 1913 - published 2021; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 248.05a Ossett 1890 - published 1989; intro by John Goodchild
  • 248.05b Ossett 1905 - published 2010; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 248.09 Horbury 1905 - published 1996; intro by John Goodchild
  • 248.10 Horbury Junction 1905 - published 2022; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 248.11 Sandal Magna 1890 - published 2021; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 249.04a Pontefract 1890 - published 2015; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • 249.04b Pontefract 1914 - published 1999; intro by John Goodchild

    The following maps are taken from the highly detailed Five-foot plans, and reduced to a scale of A Yard to the Mile. They show the area in even greater detail.

  • Wakefield 4 Wakefield NW: Wood St & the Corn Market 1848-66 - published 2023; intro by Alan Godfrey
  • Wakefield 7 Wakefield SW: Westgate & The Fair Ground 1848-66 - publ 2023; intro by Alan Godfrey

  • Pontefract 4 Pontefract 1849-89 - published 2024; intro by Alan Godfrey

    We also publish a series of small scale Inch to the Mile maps covering most of the country. The following is the principal sheet for the Wakefield area:

  • 78 Wakefield & District 1907- published 2000; intro by John Goodchild. Includes a map of Womersley.

    For further details of our One Inch Maps, visit the One Inch page.

  • 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 Yorkshire maps, return to the Yorkshire page
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