Wem 1924

Shropshire Sheet 21.03 Wem 1924 - published 2004; intro by Derrick Pratt. This detailed map of the small north Shropshire town of Wem is double-sided to give maximum coverage. The main map covers the centre of the town and extends southward to Tilley. Features include the High Street, River Roden, railway with station (at the top of the map), Wem Mill, cattle market, church, Drawwell Brewery, Tilley House, site of castle. On the reverse we include a large extract from adjacent sheet 14.15 and this extends coverage northward about a mile; features here include Shrubbery Gardens, The Hall, Poor Law Institution, cemetery, Creamore Mill, Creamore Bank. We also include extracts from a directory of Wem in 1905.

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