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Rhosllanerchrugog 1909
Rhosllanerchrugog in 1909 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 Rhosllanerchrugog area, just south of Wrexham. Coverage stretches from Johnstown High Street eastward to Llanerchrugog Hall, and from Big Wood southward to the cemetery. Features include the GWR Rhos Branch with Rhos station and Brook Street Halt, the Legacy Branch with Fennant Road Halt, Aberderfyn Halt and Ponkey Crossing Halt, the hamlets of Ponkey and Johnstown, tramways and various mineral railways, the disused Bryn-yr-Owen Colliery, Rhosllanerchrugog Brick Works, Llwyn-Einion Brick Works, Plas-yn-Rhos, St David`s church, Tan-y-clawdd, etc. A directory of Rhosllanerchrugog is 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.