
Newport in 1900 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 & northern part of the town, stretching from the High Street northward to Islington & Meretown House, & from Bromfield Place eastward to Broom Hill. Features include St Nicholas church, St Mary's Iron Works, Smithfield, Shropshire Union Canal, Chetwynd End, malthouse, tannery etc. On the reverse is part of the adjacent sheet 31.09 extending coverage southward to include railway station, Workhouse, cemetery, Upper Bar & Station Road area. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25