
Batley in 1892 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 versions have been published for this area. Each covers most of the town centre, extending north-west to Carlinghow, & west to Healey & Bunkers Hill. Features include the town centre inclunding railway approaches & junction (Batley station is in the extreme south-eastern corner), Bank Foot, Clerk Green, Lamplands, Commercial Street, Market Square, Town Hall, Cheapside Mills & numerous other mills, All Saints church, Farfield Nursery, Blakeridge Mill, cemetery, Cross Bank, tramways, Carlinghow Mills, Victoria Mills, Dock Ing Mills, Bulrush Mills, LNWR Birstall Branch, Grammar School, St John's church, Carlinghow Old Hall, Spring Mill, Healey House, Healey Lane Mill, The Jail, Little Orme Mill etc. Each map
Includes:: a selection of directory entries. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25