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Belfast Knockdene Park 1902
Belfast Knockdene Park 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. The map covers parts of east Belfast, east of the Lagan. Coverage stretches Knock Road and Hawthornden Road eastward to Ballyhanwood House. Parts of Ballycloghan and Tullycarnet are included but the map is outer suburbia, quite rural at the eastern end. Features include railway with Knock station (at west margin of map), Knock River, Castle Hill, Upper Newtownards Road, Ormiston house, entrance lodges to Stormont Demesne (but not Stormont itself), Knock Methodist church, Cabin Hill, etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Barnett`s Road, Gilnahirk Road, Hawthornden Road, King`s Road and Knock Road.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.