Liversedge 1905

Detailed map of Liversedge; Yorkshire sheet 232.10. Introduction by Michael Popplewell. This detailed map covers parts of Liversedge and Heckmondwike, while the hamlet of White Lee is in the top right corner. Liversedge LYR station is in the bottom left corner. Features include Station Lane, Christ Church, Healds Hall, tramway depot, LNWR station, Victoria Mills, Well Fold, Thornbush Farm, Lower Popeley, Westfield; the portion of Heckmondwike includes Victoria Colliery, disused Ings Mill, Nunroyd, cemetery, Longfield Mills, Heckmondwike Chemical Works. To the east are The Crofts, White Lee Common, Dale Lane Top, New Brighton Mills, Ridings Mills, White Lee Colliery. At the top of the map is a portion of Gomersal, incl Castle House, California Foundry, Union Mills. Despite the awkward sheetlines, there is much of interest on this map. On the reverse we include an 1889 directory of Liversedge.

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