Syston in 1902 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 the village of Syston, a few miles north of Leicester. Most of the village is covered & features include Midland Railway with station, Syston North Curve, iron foundry, St Peter's church, Queniborough Lodge (at top of map), cemetery, High Street area etc. On the reverse is an 1891 directory of Syston, plus a 1916 timetable for the Leicester-Peterborough line. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25