Gomersal & Birstall 1905

Yorkshire Sheet 232.06 Gomersal & Birstall 1905 - published 2004; intro by John Hargreaves. This detailed map covers the Yorkshire villages of Gomersal and Birstall. Features at Gomersal include Gomersal Hall, LNWR station, Birdacre, Grove Chapel, Gomersal Mill, Upper Spen Mills, Gomersal Hill Top, St Mary's church, Gomersal Chemical Works, Upper Lane Mills. On the eastern side of the map is the village of Birstall, where features include Oakwell Soap Works, Market Place, St Peter's church, Rectory Farm, College Mill, Carrs Mill, Brier Mill, Ridings Hall, Birstall Smithies, Birstall Foundry, Brier Hall, Popeley House, Popeley Mills, tramway. Part of the LNWR Birstall Branch terminus is at the eastern margin. We include 1889 directories for both villages on the reverse.

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