
Wigan in 1907 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: two maps have been published for this area, covering central Wigan, plus part of Ince in Makerfield. Coverage stretches from Wallgate eastward to Belle Green Lane, & from the Gidlow Mill (extreme top left corner) southward to Chapel Lane. Features include the town centre, with Market Hall, church, Mining College, Standishgate, Wallgate, Hallgate, King Street, Library Street etc; railways, including the NW, Wallgate & Central stations, with track layouts given; part of the LNWR Springs Branch & Lancashire Union lines, including Round House Junction & part of Round House Branch; Leeds & Liverpool Canal with a flight of locks; Rose Bridge Collieries, Ince Hall Colliery (East Pit), Round House Colliery, old shafts, Clarington Forge; Kirkless Hall, Ince Hall, Peel Hall, Manchester Road, Higher Ince, tramways, Scholes, Longshoot, Central Park football ground. On the reverse is a list of private residents from a 1918 directory (1907 map) & further historical material from the directory (1928 map). About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25