
Ashton-on-Mersey in 1927 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: although this map is in the Lancashire series, most of the coverage is actually of Cheshire. The map covers a busy area of Sale & Ashton-on-Mersey, with Washway Road & Cross Street (part shown as an old Roman Road) as the boundary. Coverage stretches from Harboro Road West & Ashton New Hall eastward to Priory Road & Winstanley Road, & from Northenden Road & Charlton Drive northward to the Ousel Brook. North of the Mersey the only feature is a sewage Farm. Within Sale the many features include Sale Town Hall, Sale & Dane Road stations, School Road, Bridgewater Canal & wharf, Broad Road, Tatton Road etc; within Ashton features include Ashton Lane, picture theatres, Friends Meeting House & burial ground, Grosvenor Road, Ashton Park, St Martin's church, Ashton Hall Farm, Rivershill, Mersey Market Garden etc. Several extracts from a 1906 street directory are on the reverse, including entries for Ashton Lane, Broad Road, Cross Street, Mersey Road, Tatton Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25