
Halifax South in 1893 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: two versions have been published for this area. The maps cover the southern part of central Halifax, stretching from the Borough Market southward to Dryclough Junction & Manor Heath Road, & from Savile Park eastward to Higgin Lane & Manor House Inn. Features include the Piece Hall, Joint railway station or Old Station & southern approaches, goods sheds, Calder & Hebble Navigation, Horton Street, Southgate, Commercial Street, Victoria Hall, tramways & depot (1905 map), Shaw Lodge Mills, Borough Fever Hospital, cemetery, Atlas Carpet Works, Bailey Hall Mill, St Michael's church, Cinder Hills Fire Clay Works, Blaithroyd, Pineberry Hill, Holy Trinity church, Heath Villas, Heath Grammar School, Royal Halifax Infirmary, Crossley & Porter Orphan Home, Savile Park, King Cross Street, Brunswick Mills, Hopwood Lane, Lister Lane, Well Head Farm etc. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries. The 1893 version is coloured, taken from the beautiful h&-coloured OS 1st Edition. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25