Northfleet 1907

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Northfleet in 1907 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. The map covers the area from Northfleet to west Gravesend, stretching form St Botolph`s church in Northfleet eastward to St James church & Bath Street in Gravesend, & from the river southward to Gravesend Cemetery. It is a very busy & varied map, with numerous railways, wharves & factories as well as streets of housing. Features include the SECR North Kent line (the map ends just short of Gravesend station), the SECR Gravesend Branch with Rosherville station & the West Street terminus, also pier; Rosherville Gardens; Red Lion Cement Works, Electric Cable Works, London Portland Cement Works, Brick Works, lime works with kilns, chalk pits, many with industrial tramways; London Road, Perry Street, Gravesend & Milton Union Workhouse, Darnley Road, tramways, Northfleet Cemetery, Isolation Hospital. The map is unusual in this series for having contours. A Northfleet directory is included on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series 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. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.