Macclesfield, Congleton And District 1898

Product Description

Macclesfield, Congleton & District in 1898 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. In this title coverage stretches from Middlewich eastward to Wincle, & from Macclesfield southward to the northern part of Crewe. Features include part of the Churnet Valley railway, the Macclesfield Canal, stretches of the North Staffordshire Railway, the Somerford Hall parkland (in the centre of the map), Rudheath, the Trent & Mersey Canal etc. Other locations include: in CHESHIRE Alsager, Astbury, Capesthorne, Cranage, Eaton, Gawsworth, Goostrey cum Barnshaw, Henbury cum Pexall, Holmes Chapel, Hulmewalfield, Lostock Green, Monks Coppenhall, Mow Cop, Peover, Rode Heath, Sutton, Swettenham, Warmingham, Wheelock, Winterley & Withington Green; plus in STAFFORDSHIRE Biddulph, Bradley Green, Horton & Rudyard. On the reverse is a detailed map of Elworth, Marsh Green & Boothlane Head, including Sandbach station. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.