Atherton SW 1906

Here are the details of maps for Howe Bridge: Lancashire Sheet 94.15 Atherton (SW) & Howe Bridge 1905 - published 2003; intro by Paul Hindle. ISBN.978-1-84151-490-1 This highly detailed map covers the area between Leigh and Atherton, with a small portion of Atherton in the NE corner. The Howe Bridge area, with station and church, is in the centre of the map. Features include the LNWR Bolton & Kenyon line, Atherton West Curve, LNWR Eccles & Wigan line, several mineral lines, Sovereign Pits, tramways and tram shed, Atherton Collieries, Atherton Cemetery, Howe Bridge Spinning Mills, Four Lane Ends, Chadwick's Farm, etc. A directory of Atherton is included on the reverse. The map links up with sheets 94.14 Hindley Green to the west, 94.11 Daisy Hill to the north, 94.16 Tyldesley to the east and 102.03 Leigh North to the north.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). This edition published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett