
Washington 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. 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 area west of the village, a semi-rural landscape which
Includes:: Old Washington, the Washington Wagonway, Brandy Row & Washington Colliery. Wagonman's Row is at the top of the map. The map extends west across Washington Moor to High Washington, Havannah Terrace & the terrace known as New York. On the reverse is a large part of adjacent sheet 7.15 & this
Includes:: the actual village of Washington with Old Hall, Holy Trinity church, Dame Margaret's Home, RC church. The hamlet known as New Washington is at the top of the map. At the extreme right is a section of the Leamside & Ferryhill railway line with Usworth station. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25