
Penrith in 1923 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: this detailed map covers most of the town of Penrith, stretching from the railway station northward to Fair Hill & the cemetery, & from Fell Lane westward to Castletown & the Poor Law Institution or Workhouse. Features include town centre with individual buildings neatly shown, railway with station, Market Square, Penrith Castle, Castle Park, Crown Square, auction mart, Sandgate, Brunswick Square, Christ Church, Castletown area, allotment gardens, Poor Law Institution, Albert Iron Works, etc. On the reverse are extracts from a 1925 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25