
Gathurst & Crooke 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: the map covers the Gathurst & Crooke area, west of Wigan; coverage stretches from Crooke westward to Dean Cottages, & from John Pit Colliery southward to Ackhurst Hall. Features include LYR Wigan-Southport line with Gathurst station, Branckers Siding, mineral railway to canal, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, River Douglas, Crooke village, Crooke Hall, Otters Croft Wood, remains of Tunnel Canal, John Pit colliery with mineral railway, John Pit Houses, Gathurst Mount, Roburite Explosives Works & tramways, Ackhurst Hall, Gathurst Fold, Milk House Cottage, Dean Locks, Gathurst Farm. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25