
Hexham in 1896 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 most of the historic town of Hexham. Features include St Andrew's church, Abbey remains, Gilesgate, Beaumont Street, Battle Hill, Cattle Market, Priestpopple, Hencotes, Market Street, Fore Street, part of station (at margin of map), St Wilfred's, Hexham Iron Works, Whetstone Bridge, The Seal, Cockshaw, Tynedale Hydropathic, Woodley Field, Causey Hill, reservoir, Leazes Nurseries, Hextol Terrace & much more. On the reverse is an 1890 commercial directory for Hexham. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25