Walkden North & Blackleach 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 northern part of Walkden, extending from Chatsworth Street northward to Blackleach Sewage Works, & from Sod Hall on Cleggs Lane eastward to Linnyshaw Moss. Features include Little Hulton station, Walkden Mills, Primrose Mill, Park Mill, Granville Mill, St John the Baptist church, Hill Top, Kearsley Chemical Works, Kearsley Moss Colliery, several stretches of the Bridgewater Collieries Railway, tramways, Ashton`s Field Colliery, Buckley Lane End, Blackleach Reservoir, etc. A Walkden directory is 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.