Openshaw 1933

The maps cover a busy area of east Manchester; the southern part is dominated by railway and engineering works. Coverage stretches from Wellington Street eastward to Edge Lane Mills, and from Cross Street southward to Brunswick Street. Features include Ashbury Railway Carriage Works, Otto Gas Engine Works, Ashbury's GCR Sidings, engine sheds, Gorton Foundry, GCR Locomotive Works, Gorton Brook Chemical Works, Union Iron Works, Gas Plant Works, Ashbury's station, Gorton station. Ashton Old Road runs across the centre of the map and the area north is less developed, with many streets of terraces but also some open land. The Manchester & Ashton Canal is at the top of the map. Other features include Shawcross Mill, St Aidan's church, Belsize Car Works, Shade Hall Farm, Canal Iron Foundry, Victoria Mill, Electric Motor Works, High Bank Mill etc. On the reverse we include extracts from contemporary directories.

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