
Nottingham Lenton 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 covers the western part of Nottingham around Old & New Lenton, stretching from Newcastle Circus westward to Lenton Hall & southward to Dunkirk Farm & Montpelier Road. Features include Old Lenton & New Lenton in detail with individual houses neatly delineated, eastern part of Wollaton Park, Lenton Hall, Highfield House, Lenton Firs, Nottingham Canal, Poplar Farm, Midland Railway with Lenton South & North Junctions, Lenton station, Priory remains, Holy Trinity church, cotton spinning mill, tannery works, The Midland Orphanage, Lenton Lodge, lace dressing works etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Abbey Street, Church Street, Gregory Avenue/ Street, Lenton Avenue/ Boulevard, Montpelier Road, Sherwin Grove/ Road & Willoughby Avenue. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25