Old OS Town Plans of Wigan

This map is taken from the Ordnance Survey's highly detailed Five foot plans. Originally published at a scale of 1:1056 or 5 feet to the mile, we have reduced them in scale to 1:1760 or a Yard to the Mile. The maps, though covering quite a small area, are finely detailed, showing such features as capstans and mooring posts, lamp-posts, the layouts of back yards, and even the interior of certain buildings such as churches. For the urban historian they are perhaps the most fascinating maps ever published by the Ordnance Survey.

They are available through our On-line Mapshop

Here are the details of maps for Wigan Town Centre:

Wigan Sheet 5 Wigan Town Centre 1847 - published 2025; intro by Alan Godfrey. ISBN.978-1-78721-849-9

This very detailed map covers the centre of Wigan. Features include All Saints church, Market Place, Moot Hall, Town Hall, Wigan Brewery, Dispensary, Commercial Hall, Infantry Barracks, Presbyterian Chapel, Brierly's Mill, School Common Mill, Douglas Forge, Wallgate, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway station, LNWR station, Hope Chapel, Victoria Mills, etc.

On the reverse we include 10 foot to the mile sheet 93.8.11 covering the Market Place area in 1889 together with a 2,000 word introduction to the history of the area.

Follow this link for a complete list of our Wigan maps or here for all maps in the North West. For other information and prices, and other areas, go to The Index Page.

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 Lancashire, return to the North West page.

The Godfrey Edition / sales@alangodfreymaps.co.uk / 21 March 2025