Rotherham in 1901 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 have been published for this area, stretching from Masbrough Street eastward to Western Road, & from Kenneth Street southward to Reneville Road. Rotherham town centre is covered & features include Central station, Westgate station, Workhouse, Rotherham Old Brewery, cattle market, River Don, Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, hospital, All Saints church, Effingham Works, Rotherham Forge, Clifton Park, cholera burial ground, race course, Clifton House, Market Hall, etc. Both maps have selections from contemporary street directory entries, those for the 1922 map including College Street, The Crofts, Frederick Street, High Street, Moorgate Street & Wharncliffe Street. 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. ...

Rotherham in 1922 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 have been published for this area, stretching from Masbrough Street eastward to Western Road, & from Kenneth Street southward to Reneville Road. Rotherham town centre is covered & features include Central station, Westgate station, Workhouse, Rotherham Old Brewery, cattle market, River Don, Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, hospital, All Saints church, Effingham Works, Rotherham Forge, Clifton Park, cholera burial ground, race course, Clifton House, Market Hall, etc. Both maps have selections from contemporary street directory entries, those for the 1922 map including College Street, The Crofts, Frederick Street, High Street, Moorgate Street & Wharncliffe Street. 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. ...

Rotherham South in 1901 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 the southern part of Rotherham, centred on Oakwood Hall. Coverage stretches from Rotherham Cemetery southward to Whiston Grange, & from Rotherham Main Collieries & the River Rother eastward to Sitwell Vale. On the reverse is the Six Inches to the Mile map for 1890 covering a larger area, including Rotherham itself, Sitwell Vale, Herringthorpe & Dalton Magna. 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. ...

Rotherhithe in 1868 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. Three versions of this map have been published to show how the area developed across the years, stretching from Lower Road & Thames Tunnel eastward to Alpha Road, & from Rotherhithe Road & the Thames southward to Greenland Dock. The maps cover most of Rotherhithe with its docks, & also the western part of the Isle of Dogs & a small bit of Wapping. Features include Shadwell Old Basin, West Ferry Road, Union Docks, Limehouse Basin, the western parts of West India Dock & South Dock; Surrey Commercial Docks including Lavender Pond, Stave Dock, Albion Dock, Canada Dock, Quebec Pond, Russia Dock, Lady Dock, Norway Dock, Greenland Dock; also Surrey Basin, Surrey Canal, Sulphur Works, St Olave`s Union Infirmary, tramways, Barnard`s Wharf, Durand`s Wharf & many other wharves; part of Southwark Park. Churches include St Mary`s Rotherhithe, All Saints, St Luke`s Alpha Road. Streets include West Ferry Road, Commercial Dock Road, Adam Street, Albion Street, part of Wapping High Street. The maps also include extracts from contemporary directories; the 1868 map has street directory for Millwall & Rotherhithe Street. 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. ...

Rotherhithe in 1894 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. Three versions of this map have been published, stretching from Lower Road & Thames Tunnel eastward to Alpha Road, & from Rotherhithe Road & the Thames southward to Greenland Dock. The maps cover most of Rotherhithe with its docks, & also the western part of the Isle of Dogs & a small bit of Wapping. Features include Shadwell Old Basin, West Ferry Road, Union Docks, Limehouse Basin, the western parts of West India Dock & South Dock; Surrey Commercial Docks including Lavender Pond, Stave Dock, Albion Dock, Canada Dock, Quebec Pond, Russia Dock, Lady Dock, Norway Dock, Greenland Dock; also Surrey Basin, Surrey Canal, Sulphur Works, St Olave`s Union Infirmary, tramways, Barnard`s Wharf, Durand`s Wharf & many other wharves; part of Southwark Park. Churches include St Mary`s Rotherhithe, All Saints, St Luke`s Alpha Road. Streets include West Ferry Road, Commercial Dock Road, Adam Street, Albion Street, part of Wapping High Street. The maps also include extracts from contemporary directories. 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. ...

Rotherhithe in 1914 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. Three versions of this map have been published, stretching from Lower Road & Thames Tunnel eastward to Alpha Road, & from Rotherhithe Road & the Thames southward to Greenland Dock. The maps cover most of Rotherhithe with its docks, & also the western part of the Isle of Dogs & a small bit of Wapping. Features include Shadwell Old Basin, West Ferry Road, Union Docks, Limehouse Basin, the western parts of West India Dock & South Dock; Surrey Commercial Docks including Lavender Pond, Stave Dock, Albion Dock, Canada Dock, Quebec Pond, Russia Dock, Lady Dock, Norway Dock, Greenland Dock; also Surrey Basin, Surrey Canal, Sulphur Works, St Olave`s Union Infirmary, tramways, Barnard`s Wharf, Durand`s Wharf & many other wharves; part of Southwark Park. Churches include St Mary`s Rotherhithe, All Saints, St Luke`s Alpha Road. Streets include West Ferry Road, Commercial Dock Road, Adam Street, Albion Street, part of Wapping High Street. The maps also include extracts from contemporary directories. 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. ...

` Intricate & crisp, witty & solemn: a book with special & dangerous properties, ` Hilary Mantel ` Baroque, Byzantine & beautiful
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`A book with special & dangerous properties` Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of Wolf Hall` Enthralling` M.R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl With All the Gifts ` An imaginative tour de force` The Times 1558: Twelve children, gifted far beyond their years, are banished by their Tudor queen to the town of Rotherweird. Some say they are the golden generation; some say the devil`s spawn. But everyone knows they are something to be revered
- & feared. Four & a half centuries on, cast adrift from the rest of England by Elizabeth I & still bound by its ancient laws, Rotherweird`s independence is subject to one disturbing condition: nobody, but nobody, studies the town or its history. Then an Outsider arrives, a man of unparallelled wealth & power, enough to buy the whole of Rotherweird
- deeply buried secrets & all... Welcome to Rotherweird. `A remarkable achievement` Sunday Independent ` Compelling` Guardian

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Rothesay in 1896 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 Rothesay, on the Island of Bute, extending from Mackinlay Street southward to St Mary`s church. Features include Castle, Inner & Outer Harbours, saw mills, Ballochgay, tramway, Esplanade, Foley House, Barony Road area, Craigborach Wood, etc. Extracts from a trade directory are 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. ...

Rothwell in 1924 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 gives good coverage of Rothwell, extending eastward to Woodfield Farm, & Glen Hill Farm. Features include the town centre, Holy Trinity church, Market Hill area, Ball's Prize Plough Works, Jesus Hospital Almshouses, Manor House, Ironstone Quarry with mineral tramways, etc. On the reverse is an 1898 directory of Rothwell. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...