Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Yorkshire

  • 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 Doncaster (South):

  • Yorkshire Sheet 285.01 a Doncaster (South) 1901 - published 1984; intro by Clive Howarth. ISBN.978-0-90755-497-4
  • Yorkshire Sheet 285.01 b Doncaster (South) 1928 - published 2006; intro by John Gough. ISBN.978-1-84151-950-2

    We have published two versions of this map, so you can see how the area changed across the years. The maps cover a busy area of Doncaster, including part of the town centre and the area to the south. Coverage stretches from Priory Place and the station southward to Balby Road and Carr Hill, and from Kirk Street and Stone Close Avenue eastward to Carr House. Features on the map include the railway station and its southern approaches, including the GNR (later LNER) locomotive & carriage works, St James Bridge station, Cherrytree Goods Station, Danum Wagon Works, cattle pens, LNER offices, Balby Road Bridge, Hexthorpe Junction, Bridge Junction, South Yorkshire Junction, and the north end of two engine sheds. Other features include tramways, Belmont Works, cemetery, St James church, Cleveland Street, Station Road, Printing Office Street, Hyde Park, Beechfield Park, Hall Gate, Museum, Scarborough Barracks, Elmfield Park, Glasgow Paddocks, Belle Vue Stables. Directory extracts are given on the reverse, those for the 1924 map including private residents from the 1922 directory, entries I-Z.

    The maps links up with Yorkshire Sheet 277.13 Doncaster (North) to the north


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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. Follow this link for a complete list of our Doncaster maps; or here for the whole Yorkshire series.
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