Ferryhill (Dean Bank) & Kirk Merrington 1915

This detailed map , which is double-sided for maximum coverage, covers the western part of Ferryhill that includes Dean Bank, and extends westward to include Merrington Lane and part of Kirk Merrington. Features include Dean & Chapter Colliery, Dean Bank, Dean Bank Chemical Works, several railways incl Westerton Railway and Binchester Colliery Railway, Binchester Junction, High Hill House, St John's church (Kirk Merrington) etc. The introduction by Alan Godfrey explores the development of the area's railways and collieries, especially the huge Dean and Chapter Colliery, as well as the attack on Kirk Merrington's church in 1144 and the 'Most horrid and barbarous murder' at High Hill House in 1682.

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