Swindon South-West in 1899 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. Swindon, famed for the development of the railways in the 19th century, is covered by four maps with extracts from directories on the reverse. Railway historians will find the bonus of a MSWJR timetable on the Swindon South-West map. Swindon South-East covers much of the town centre & stretches from St Paul`s church southward. Features include Swindon Town station, Christ Church, Town Gardens, The Quarries, Kingshill House, Victoria Hospital, cemetery, Grove House, remains of Holy Rood Church, Regent Circus, Commercial Road area, etc. This title, Swindon South-West map,

Includes:: The Park, King`s Hill, Kingshill Bridge, Wilts & Berks Canal, GWR railway, Midland & South Western Jct Railway with Rushey Platt station, Bath Road Brickworks, Okus Quarry, Cambria Place area, Westcott Manor Farm etc. Swindon North-East map

Includes:: the eastern end of the railway works, railway with station, Highworth Junction, Wilts & Berks Canal, Fairholm, Eastcott Farm, Fleet Street area, St Barnabas church, Gorse Hill area, Swindon Marsh Farm, Swindon County Ground. Swindon North-West map, is dominated by the GWR Railway Works, with many sidings, including engine sheds. Coverage stretches from St Mark`s church northward to Rodbourne Farm, westward to the River Ray & Midland & South Western Jct Railway. Other features include the Wilts & Berks Canal, terraced streets around Rodbourne Road, GWR Gloucester Branch, etc. 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.



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Swindon Street Atlas at 1:15, 840 / 4 to a mile, in an indexed, glove box size paperback format, with national grid referencing. Street atlas covers Swindon, Cricklade, Highworth, Lyneham, Wootton Bassett, Broad Blunsdon, Chiseldon, Lydiard Millicent, Purton, Shrivenham, South Marston, Stanton Fitzwarren, Stratton St. Margaret, Wanborough, Watchfield & Wroughton, with an enlargement of Swindon town centre at a scale of 1:7, 920 / 8 ...

Swindon
- Devizes area, including the westernmost section of the Ridgeway & part of the Thames Path, on a waterproof & tear-resistant
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Swindon
- Devizes area, including the westernmost section of the Ridgeway & part of the Thames Path, on a paper version of map
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Swindon, Highworth & District in 1893 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. The map covers much of north Wiltshire, including the area around Cricklade & Swindon. Coverage stretches from Great Somerford eastward to Lechlade, & from Siddington southward to Wootton Bassett. Other location include: in WILTSHIRE Ashton Keynes, Blunsdon St Andrew, Brinkworth, Broad Blunsdon, Castle Eaton, Charlton, Crudwell, Eisey, Garsdon, Hankerton, Hannington, Highworth, Kemble, Latton, Lea, Liddington, Little Hinton, Little Somerford, Lydiard Millicent, Lydiard Tregoze, Minety, Oaksey, Poole Keynes, Purton, Sevenhampton, Somerford Keynes, Stanton Fitzwarren, Stratton St Margaret & Wanborough; in BERKSHIRE Bourton, & Coleshill; plus in GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cerney Wick, Down Ampney, Driffield, Harnhill, Kempsford, Meysey Hanipton, South Cerney & Tarlton. On the reverse is a detailed map of Highworth. 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. ...

From the infamous Glasgow slum, the Gorbals, Tam Clay chronicles a week in his life, in the last days before the demolishers move in. Intersecting friends, old-timers & eccentrics, navigating his pregnant wife, frisky bedfellows & debt collectors, Tam stumbles through a derelict world on an odyssey of self-discovery. Wildly funny, outlandish & insanely ambitious
- thirty years in the writing
- Torrington`s pulverised `60s Glasgow is crammed to the crevices with a blizzard of his unique & insatiable genius.

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Two brown girls dream of being dancers
- but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm & time, black bodies
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Two brown girls dream of being dancers
- but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm & time, about black
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Swinton in 1901 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: most of the town is covered, including Station Street, William Street, Market Street, Bridge Street & surrounding streets & alleys & coverage extends west to Swinton Stables & part of the Old Training Ground. Features include St Margaret's church, Swinton House, Swinton Hall, Fitzwilliam Street, Bow Broom, a stretch of the Midland Railway with station, South Yorkshire Glass Works, Swinton Bridge, a stretch of the GCR railway with station & depot, the GCR Loop Line, Don Pottery, St Michael & All Angels church, River Don. A notable feature is the canal junction between the Dearne & Dove Canal & Mexborough New Cut, with locks. On the reverse is a directory of Swinton in 1902 plus a small extract of an old Inch to the Mile map for the area. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Swinton Park & Irlam o' th' Height 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. 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 an area of north-western Salford, stretching from Partington Lane at Swinton eastward to Claremont Road at Irlams o'th' Height; & northward to the Swinton & Pendlebury UDC Offices. Features include Swinton Park Farm, Swinton House, Lawnswood, Pendlebury Children's Hospital, Fildes Fold Farm, St John's church, a stretch of the LNWR Clifton Branch with Clifton Tunnel, Victoria Park, tramways, Light Bourne Green, Swinton Mills, Moorland Works, Pendlebury Cottage, Crimble Lodge etc. On the reverse are extracts from a street directory, incl Bingham Street, Manchester Road, Partington Lane, Worsley Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...