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Liverpool North 1906
Liverpool North in 1906 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 is double-sided; the main map covers a major northern part of the city, stretching from King Edward Street eastward to Everton Road, and from Conway Street southward to William Brown Street. Features include Walker Art Gallery, Library & Museum, Tobacco Manufactory, Wholesale Fruit Market, Victoria Square, St Anthony`s RC church, tramways, St Augustine`s church, Rupert Lane Barracks, Liverpool College, western part of Everton, St Anne`s Ward, South Scotland Ward, Vauxhall Ward, LYR railway with Exchange station, Exchange Station Junction, Great Howard St Goods Station, LNWR Waterloo Goods Station with tunnel shown, David Lewis Northern Hospital, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, etc. On the reverse is the adjacent sheet 106.09 extending coverage westward to the docks, including Nelson Dock, Collingwood Dock, Salisbury Dock, Clarence Dock, Trafalgar Dock, Victoria Dock, Waterloo Docks, part of Prince`s Dock, with part of Riverside Railway and Overhead Railway. Street directory entries for Everton Brow, Great Homer Street and Great Howard Street are also included.About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25″ OS Series:Selected towns in Great Britain and Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th and early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping and reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4,340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes and many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one and a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.