Coatbridge 1910

Product Description

Coatbridge in 1910 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. Two versions have been published for this area. The maps cover the town centre & western portion of Coatbridge. Coverage stretches from Sunnyside Road & Colt Terrace southward to Dundyvan, & from Weir Street westward to Ryefield Park. Features include Main Street, Bank Street, Summerlee Iron Works, Summerlee, Merryston Square, Gartsherrie Hornock & Summerlee Branch Canal, Sunnyside station, Drumpelier & Gartsherrie station, Blairhill Plantation, Langloan Plantation, West End Public Park, Drumpelier Colliery, Llangloan Iron & Chemical Works, Langloan Railway, North British Iron Works, Dundyvan, British Tube Works, Stobcross Rivet Bolt & Nut Works, Coatbridge Iron Works, Whifflet Farm, Dundyvan Iron & Steel Works, Langloan station, Victoria Tube Works, Gartsherrie church, Coatbridge CR station, Woodside Steel & Iron Works, Summerlee Kirkwood Colliery, Green Park, Drumpelier House, Monkland Canal, etc. The 1910 map has extracts from an early trade directory. 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.