Newport 1900

Detailed map of Newport; Shropshire sheet 31.05. Historical introduction by Derrick Pratt. This detailed map is double-sided for maximum coverage. The principal map covers the centre and northern part of the town, with coverage stretching from the High Street northward to Islington and Meretown House, and from Bromfield Place eastward to Broom Hill. Features include town centre with individual buildings neatly shown, St Nicholas church, St Mary's Iron Works, Smithfield, Shropshire Union Canal, Chetwynd End, malthouse, tannery etc. On the reverse we include part of adjacent sheet 31.09 extending coverage southward to include railway station, Workhouse, cemetery, Upper Bar and Station Road area.

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