Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Bradford

  • 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 Idle:

  • Yorkshire Sheet 202.09 Idle & Greengates 1906 - published 2003; intro by John Griffiths. ISBN.978-1-84151-605-9

    This detailed map covers an area just NE of Bradford which includes parts of three parishes. The main village is Idle, within Bradford County Borough, and this is in the top left quarter of the map. Features here include the GNR Shipley Branch and station, Holy Trinity church, Castle Mills, Springfield Mill, The Green, Town End, Thorp, Union Mill, Castle Mills, Fourlands, while to the south is the hamlet of Springfield and St John's church. Further east is the village of Greengates, within Eccleshill parish, and features here include Holybrook Mills, Oak Lee Mills, Albion Mills, New Lane, Harrogate Road, St John's church. Beyond this our map includes part of Calverley parish (but not that village) including Ravenscliffe Mills, Calverley Carr, West Wood. Finally in the top right quarter of the map is Apperley Bridge, on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, including Dyehouse Fold, Valley Mill, Dyehouse Mill. On the reverse we include street directory entries for Albion Road, Bradford Road, The Green, Harrogate Road, Idle High Street, New Line (Greengates), New Street and Town Lane.

    The map links up with sheet 201.12 Shipley Wrose to the west, 202.10 Calverley to the east and 202.13 Eccleshill to the south.


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