Clifton North And Wet Earth Colliery 1907

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Clifton North & Wet Earth Colliery 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. The map was divided between Whitefield UDC, Outwood Parish & Barton upon Irwell Rural District. The River Irwell runs through the map & major features include Wet Earth Colliery, Pilkington`s Tile Works, Chloride Accumulator Works, a stretch of the Clifton Accrington railway with Molyneux Brow station, Dixon Fold station, the Wet Earth Railway, the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Fletcher`s Canal, Outwood Bleach Works, Giant`s Seat Wood, Little Hurst Wood, Bolton sewage farm, Dixon Fold, St Anne`s church, Robin Hood Siding, etc. On the reverse is a large extract from 6” to the mile map 95SE giving fuller coverage of the around Clifton & Kearsley. 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.