
Bolton East in 1908 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 eastern part of Bolton, extending eastward to Breightmet Fold Lane, southward to Darcy Lever; Burnden Park football ground is in the bottom left corner. Features include Tonge Cemetery, River Tonge, part of Haulgh, Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Lever Bridge Mills, Darcy Lever station, Tonge Fold, Crompton Fold Pit, Oaken Bottom Mill, Burnden Bleach Works, St Stephen's church, Croft Side Colliery, Breightmet Colliery, St James church, Tonge Colliery, Darcy Lever Hall, Clap Row, Flearbottom. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries, including Bradford Street, Bury New Road, Bury Old Road, Castle Street, Radcliffe Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25