Morley 1891

Yorks Sheet 232.04a Morley 1891 - published 2013; intro by Alan Godfrey. The map gives good coverage of the town, extending from the GNR station northward to St Peter's church, and from Bruntcliffe Road eastward to Wide Lane and Well Hill. Features on the 1891 map include Morley Main Collieries, Victoria Colliery Bruntcliffe, Great Northern pit, Dartmouth Park, Morley Cemetery, Bruntcliffe Mills, Lewisham Villa, St Andrew's church, GNR Gildersome Branch with Morley station and branch to Victoria Colliery, town centre with individual buildings all neatly shown, numerous chapels, Congregational Chapel, St Peter's church (at top of map), St Paul's church, Rods Mills, Peel Mills, Perseverance Mill, Queen Mills, Brunswick Mill, Low Town End area, LNWR railway with station, Morley Hole, New Brighton area, Town End area, Prospect Mills, Quarry Mills, Morley Hall, Morley House, Daisy Hill, Gillroyd (at east of map), Morley Gas Works, Crank Mills etc. The map includes extracts from an 1889 directory.

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