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Stranton & Southern Hartlepool 1896 – 37.15

Stranton and Southern Hartlepool in 1896 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 area from Burbank Street and All Saints church southward to Foggy Furze and Longhill Farm. Various iron and steel works with their railway sidings and furnaces are major features. Other features include the Lion Brewery, Bellevue, St Aidan`s church, Hartlepools Paper Works, Baltic Saw Mills, Carr House, Longhill, etc. Street directory entries for Burbank Street, Burn Road, Lister Street, Oxford Street, Stockton Road and Stockton Street are on the reverse.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.