
Market Harborough in 1899 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 is double-sided. The main map covers the centre of Market Harborough, including High Street, The Square, St Mary's Road, Northampton Road & Coventry Road. Features include the brewery, Fairfield Road, Bowden Steam Coffee Mills, Town Hall, malthouse, The Elms, tannery, banks, & all houses shown neatly delineated. Coverage extends northward to the Workhouse, southward to Nithsdale House, westward to the Leicestershire & Northamptonshire Union Canal. Other features include hosiery factory, Hill Crest, Union Wharf, New Harborough with streets under development, shoe factory. On the reverse is part of adjacent sheet 51.05 extending coverage eastward to include the station (with track layout), engine shed, St Mary's church, Highfield House; the backing map also
Includes:: part of Little Bowden with the Manor House, St Nicholas church, & brick & tile works. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25