Holmfirth 1904

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Holmfirth in 1904 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. The map covers Holmfirth, famous today as the setting for much of ` The Last of the Summer Wine`, with most of the village including Holy Trinity church, railway station, Cinder Hills, Under Bank, Swan Bank Mill, Gully, New Gate, New Fold, Cliff, Lane End, New Town, Bridge Fold, Ribbleden Mills, Bridge Mills, Victoria Square, Hill, Victoria Iron Works, Dyson`s Mill, Prickleden Mill, Lower Mills, Spring Lane Mills, Riverside Mills, St John`s church, etc. In the top right corner is part of the village of Wooldale, including Wooldale Hall, Kirkroyds. A directory of Holmfirth is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: 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. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.