Thorpe Hesley 1901

Detailed map of Thorpe Hesley; Yorkshire sheet 289.01. Historical introduction by Melvyn Jones. This detailed map is double-sided to provide maximum coverage. The main map covers the area from Thorpe Hesley eastward to Scholes, and beyond that to Scholes Paddock and Middle Common. Features within the main settlement, Thorpe Hesley, include Holy Trinity church, Holmes Farm, while to the south are the small Scholes Colliery and Scholes Old Colliery. On the reverse we include half of adjacent sheet 288.04 extending coverage west to include Hesley Hall, Smithy Wood and Smithy Wood Colliery.

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