Larne 1903

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Larne in 1903 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 important harbour town of Larne, which grew after James Chaine developed the Larne-Stranraer short sea crossing in the 1870s. Most of the town is covered on this busy map & major features include the Harbour station & the two Town stations
- for the Carrickfergus & Ballymena lines
- as well as the railway layouts in detail, incl engine sheds; the Ballymena line was narrow gauge, & the two lines are shown running parallel to the harbour. Other features include the northern part of Inver (around the stations), Inver Mill, Market Place, Invermore, Bleach & Dye Works, Pound Street, Main Street, Union Workhouse, Mc Garel Buildings, Linen Weaving Factory, Aluminium Works, Curran House, Olderfleet Hotel, Chaine Monument, Drumalis (or Drumaliss) & much more. The list of inhabitants from a 1904 directory is included. The notes give the background to Larne's fasacinating history: the development of the harbour, railways & linen industry; the story of Drumalis, once site of a monastery, later home to the powerful Chaine & Smiley families, parade ground for the UVF after the famous gun-running of 1914; the celebrated local author, Anna Margaret Mc Kittrick, sometimes acclaimed as the World's Worst Writer. The town centre of Larne has changed greatly since 1903, making this map all the more interesting. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25