Manchester South-West in 1916 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. Two versions of this map have been published, showing how the area developed across the years. Coverage stretches from Derby Street eastward to Sackville Street, & from King Street southward to Dale Street. Areas covered include the east part of Ordsall, Cornbrook, St John Ward, St James Ward, part of Oxford Ward, Knott Mill, Gaythorn, part of Hulme & St George Ward. Features include Salford Goods station, Ordsall Lane station, Liverpool Road Goods station, Central station, Cheshire Lines Goods station, Deansgate station, Oxford Road station, many other railway features; tramways; River Irwell & part of Manchester Ship Canal, River Medlock, Castle Field Wharves, Britannia Emery Mills, Cavalry Barracks, Cornbrook Chemical Works, Gaythorn Gas Works, Cambridge Street India Rubber Works, St James Hall, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Rochdale Canal, Free Trade Hall, St Peter`s Square, Town Hall, Salford Rolling Mills, etc. The 1916 version

Includes:: extracts from a contemporary street directory for Oxford Street, Peter Street & St Peter`s Square. 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.

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Part of the bestselling ` Then & Now` series, Manchester Then & Now visually charts the huge changes that have affected the city from the 1860s. The building of the ship canal in the late Victorian era turned Manchester into the UK`s third biggest port. The industrial boom of the 1930s & post-war bust followed by the regeneration with the Commonwealth Games are all featured in a book that

Includes:: some spectacular aerial comparisons. A wonderful visual guide to Manchester, past & present. Some 70 historic photographs of Manchester`s past are paired with specially commissioned contemporary views taken from the same vantage point. You can see the same streets & buildings as they were `then` & as they are `now`. The book features the changes to the city created by the massive IRA bomb of 1996, the demolition of some of the 1960s architecture & its redevelopment, the conversion of old mills to modern apartments & the renaissance of the Salford Quays as sought-after residential areas. Some of the recent strong setpiece buildings of Manchester are also included, such as the futuristic Imperial War Museum North & the 169-m tall Beetham Tower.&, of course, the evolution of the city`s sports stadia is charted with images of Old Trafford Main Road, the Belle Vue stadium & Lancashire County Cricket`s Old Trafford test area.

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Victoria area of Manchester in 1849 in a series of exceptionally detailed reproductions of old Ordnance Survey street plans for areas of larger cities which have undergone substantial redevelopment in the late 19th or the early 20th century, published in the Alan Godfrey Editions. The plans, printed in back & white, have been taken from the original Ordnance Survey mapping at 1:1, 056 & reproduced at 1:1, 760 – the equivalent of 36 inches (or one yard) to a mile. The maps provide an unrivalled, house-by-house picture of streets & individual buildings with inner courtyards, outbuildings, pavements, covered passages, etc. Many important institutions are named; within the National Galley on Trafalgar Square even the individual rooms (the map is from 1871, so no French Impressionists as yet!). On the reverse are historical notes about the area covered by the map, plus extracts from contemporary street directories. These maps provide a fascinating addition to Alan Godfrey’s huge series of some 2, 000 titles presenting reproductions of street plans at taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping at 1:2, 500 (25” to 1 mile) & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). ...

Manchester Victoria Park & Longsight in 1916 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. STwo versions have been published for this area. The maps cover south Manchester around & to the north of Victoria Park, including part of Chorlton upon Medlock & the northern part of Rusholme. Coverage stretches from Lloyd Street eastward to Longsight station & from Dover Street southward to Rusholme Grove. Features on the 1889 map include Park Crescent, St John`s church, St Joseph`s Boys Industrial Schools, Holy Name RC church, tramways & depot, Atlas Brewery, Longsight Sidings with engine sheds, Oxford Street, Hulme Hall, St Saviour`s church, etc. On the reverse are extracts from an early street directory. By the time of the 1915 map the area was largely built up & features also include Victoria University, Whitworth Park, Art Gallery, Royal Infirmary, St Chrysostom`s church, St Mary`s Hospital, eastern part of Greenheys, etc. The 1916 map

Includes:: a selection of street directory extracts for Anson Road, Birch Lane, Denison Road, Denmark Road, Chorlton on Medlock High Street & York Place. 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.

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Map No. 109, Manchester, in a waterproof & tear-resistant version of the Ordnance Survey Landranger series at 1:50, 000, including Bolton, Warrington, Appleton Thorn, Mere, Wilmslow, Bramhall, Poynton, New Mills, Cheadle, Lymm, Altrincham, Stockport, Romiley, Sel, Irlam, Clucheth, Golborne, Leigh, Platt Bridge, Salford, Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Mossley, Oldham, Walkden, Middleton, Westhoughton, Bury, Denshaw, Rochdale, Tottington, Horwich, Egerton & Ramsbottom, with a section of the Pennine Way & a small part of the Peak District National Park. Edition D3; Revised for selected changes 2009; Copyright date 2009 This title is also available on our website in a paper version. Maps in this series are only published folded. Stanfords can also print flat versions of Ordnance Survey maps through the OS Select system, centring the map on a location of your choice & with a picture provided by you on the cover. For more information please click on the link at the bottom of this description. About Ordnance Survey ...

Waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active version of map No. 109 from the Ordnance Survey’s Landranger series at 1:50, 000, with contoured & GPS compatible topographic mapping plus tourist information.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: As well as the physical edition of the map, each Landranger title now

Includes:: a code for downloading after purchase its digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS LANDRANGER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Landranger series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. Maps in the Landranger series provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways restricted or open to motorized traffic. National Trails & selected other long-distance paths are marked, as well as on-road & traffic-free cycle routes with their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. National Trust/ National Trust for Scotland & Forestry Commission land is clearly marked, indicating open or restricted access. A range of symbols highlights camping & caravanning sites, youth hostels, tourist information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, World Heritage sites, sport & recreational facilities, etc. The maps provide detailed presentation of topography with contours at 10m intervals, numerous spot heights & additional colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards or parkl&, rock features including scree & cliffs, water features inland & along the sea shore with marshl&, dunes, s&, mud, shingle & the high water mark. All the standard information expected of survey mapping at this scale is included: finely graded road network, railway lines with stations, cuttings, embankments, etc; individual isolated buildings; archaeological & historical sites, etc. For GPS users the British National Grid is shown at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1` & cross hairs on the map at 5`. Each map covers an area of 40 x 40km, (approx. 25 x 25 miles).

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Paper version of map No. 109 from the Ordnance Survey’s Landranger series at 1:50, 000, with contoured & GPS compatible topographic mapping plus tourist information.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: As well as the physical edition of the map, each Landranger title now

Includes:: a code for downloading after purchase its digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS LANDRANGER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Landranger series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. Maps in the Landranger series provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways restricted or open to motorized traffic. National Trails & selected other long-distance paths are marked, as well as on-road & traffic-free cycle routes with their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. National Trust/ National Trust for Scotland & Forestry Commission land is clearly marked, indicating open or restricted access. A range of symbols highlights camping & caravanning sites, youth hostels, tourist information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, World Heritage sites, sport & recreational facilities, etc. The maps provide detailed presentation of topography with contours at 10m intervals, numerous spot heights & additional colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards or parkl&, rock features including scree & cliffs, water features inland & along the sea shore with marshl&, dunes, s&, mud, shingle & the high water mark. All the standard information expected of survey mapping at this scale is included: finely graded road network, railway lines with stations, cuttings, embankments, etc; individual isolated buildings; archaeological & historical sites, etc. For GPS users the British National Grid is shown at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1` & cross hairs on the map at 5`. Each map covers an area of 40 x 40km, (approx. 25 x 25 miles).

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This is not a guide book. This little book brings together past & present to offer a taste of Manchester. Learn more about the movers & shakers who shaped this fantastic city. The great & the good; the bad & the ugly. Small wonders, tall stories, TRIUMPH & tragedy BEST places
- Worst Places Local lingo, architecture, green spaces, events, traditions, fact, fiction Origins, evolution, future written by a local who knows what makes Manchester tick.
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Hulme area of Manchester in 1844 in a series of exceptionally detailed reproductions of old Ordnance Survey street plans for areas of larger cities which have undergone substantial redevelopment in the late 19th or the early 20th century, published in the Alan Godfrey Editions. The plans, printed in back & white, have been taken from the original Ordnance Survey mapping at 1:1, 056 & reproduced at 1:1, 760 – the equivalent of 36 inches (or one yard) to a mile. The maps provide an unrivalled, house-by-house picture of streets & individual buildings with inner courtyards, outbuildings, pavements, covered passages, etc. Many important institutions are named; within the National Galley on Trafalgar Square even the individual rooms (the map is from 1871, so no French Impressionists as yet!). On the reverse are historical notes about the area covered by the map, plus extracts from contemporary street directories. These maps provide a fascinating addition to Alan Godfrey’s huge series of some 2, 000 titles presenting reproductions of street plans at taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping at 1:2, 500 (25” to 1 mile) & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). ...

Reproduction of Charles Laurent`s “ Topographical Plan of Manchester & Salford with the adjacent parts” from 1793
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