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South Lancashire Coalfield 1907

South Lancashire Coalfield in 1907 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’™s famous “Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England and Wales in the second half of 19th and early 20th century.The map covers the area from Kirkby and Ormskirk eastward to Leigh, and from Adlington and Horwich southward to St Helens. Other locations covered include Abram, Ashton in Makerfield, Atherton, Aughton, Bickerstaffe, Billinge, Blackrod, Burscough Bridge, Culcheth, Dalton, Earlestown, Eccleston, Golborne, Haigh, Hindley, Kenyon, Knowsley, Lathom, Leigh, Lowton, Newton in Makerfield, Parbold, Pemberton, Rainford, Shevington, Skelmersdale, Standish, Upholland, Westhoughton, Westleigh, Wigan. On the reverse is a map of the village of Bryn, including part of Garswood Hall Collieries.About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), and offer historical mapping for small towns and villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes and most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area.