
Hyde in 1897 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 is double-sided &
Includes:: sheet Nos. 11.01 & 11.05. Please note that in this edition the Lancashire area west of the River Tame is left blank. Sheet 11.01 covers the town centre of Hyde, stretching from the Tame eastward to Cheapside & Lumn Street, & from St Stephen's church southward to Syddall Street. Features include Town Hall & Market, Peacock Coal Pit (disused), Millwood Mill, boiler works, Birch House, Slack Mills, Hyde Hall, engineering works, Newtonbank Bleach Works, Hoviley Bridge (at east margin of map), Godley Brook, Carrfield Mill, Bayleyfield Mill, Hyde station, Floweryfield, Canal Iron Works, Kingston, Barnfield Mill, coal pit, Broomstair Bridge, Throstle Bank Mill, Floweyfield House etc. Sheet 11.05 on the reverse continues coverage southward towards Trianon Mill & Apethorn Junction. Features here include Apethorn Mill, Gibraltar Mill, Providence Mill, St George's church, Apethorn Lane, etc. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25