
Blackburn West in 1929 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: the map covers the western part of Blackburn, stretching from Montague Street & Leyland Street westward to Billinge Nook & Billinge Hill, & from Wycollard Road southward to Redlam Brow. Much of Witton Park is included on the map (but not the house). Features include Preston New Road, Wensley Fold, St Mark's church, Cross Hill school, Springfield Maternity Home, Billinge End, Garden Street Mill, Bank Top Mill, Corporation Park, Johnston Street Mill, Peel Mill, St Paul's Ward, The Wrangling, Belle Vue Mill, Alexandra Meadows, many other mills, tramways, River Blakewater. On the reverse are extracts from a 1918 directory including street entries for Bank Top, Dukes Brow, Granville Road, Leamington Road, Preston New Road, Redlam, Revidge Road, West Park Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25