Lees 1906

Here are the details of maps for Lees: Lancashire Sheet 97.11 Lees 1906 - published 1999; intro by Neil Barrow. ISBN.978-1-84151-129-0 This very detailed map covers the Lees area, part of greater Oldham but then an Urban District in its own right. Coverage stretches from Roxbury eastward to Thornley, and from Lees High Street southward to Wildmoor Leach Wood and part of Alt. Features include Knowls Lane, Grotton & Springhead station, St Agnes church, High Knowls, Clough Mill, Woodend Mill, Thornley Brook, Lees New Road, County End, tramways, Holts, Pitses, Roundthorn with St Matthew's church, New Earth, Nether Lees, Leesbrook, River Medlock etc. On the reverse we include a 1918 directory of Lees. The map links up with sheets 97.07 Oldham East to the north, 97.10 Oldham South to the west, 97.12 Lydgate to the east.

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