Round Oak 1901

Product Description

Round Oak 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 a busy industrial area south-west of Dudley, including Round Oak, Woodside, Harts Hill, & Netherton Hill. Features include Round Oak Works with sidings, Brierleyhill Iron Works, Woodside Iron Works, Hartshill Iron Works, Woodside area, Dudley Canal with Two Locks Line & old canal route, GWR railway with Round Oak station, Harts Hill & Woodside station, tramways, several mineral railways, Level New Furnaces, Fens Pool, Hollyhall, Pensnett Canal, Netherton Old Furnaces, Netherton Hill area with St Andrew`s church, Netherton Old Collieries, old coal shafts, etc. On the reverse is an extract from a 1906 railway timetable for the London-Worcester-Wolverhampton line. 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.