Guide Bridge 1918

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Guide Bridge in 1918 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 covers the eastern part of Audenshaw & then crosses the River Tame to include part of Dukinfield in Cheshire. Railways are dominant features, for the map

Includes:: Guide Bridge station & its various junctions, plus Dewsnap Sidings, the Great Central Carriage & Wagon Works, Brookside Sidings; also the LNWR lines running through & by-passing Guide Bridge, including Hooley Hill station. Other features include Peak Forest Canal, Shepley Bridge, Shepley Hall, Dukinfield Hall, Old Hall Mill, Dukinfield Town Hall, St Luke`s church, St Mark`s church, Chapel Field Ropery, Barnmeadow Works, Guide Mills, Oxford Mills, tramways, Birch Mills, St Stephen`s church, several other mills, Boothcote Farm, Guide Bridge Mills, New Moss Colliery, Guide Bridge Iron Works, etc. On the reverse is a contemporary directory for Dukinfield. 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.