Whickham & Swalwell 1895

Detailed map of Whickham; Tyneside sheet 27. Historical introduction by Robert Forsythe. 2nd Edition (formerly Durham sheet 6.02). This detailed map covers both Whickham and Swallell, and extends far west to include Axwell Park and Damhead Wood. Features on the map include Whickham Hall, St Mary's Church, Whickham House, Whickhambanks Colliery, Northumberland Paper Mills, Keelmans Bridge, Swalwell Colliery, Swalwell Steel Works, Derwent Bridge and River Derwent, Bates Houses and Home Farm. On the reverse of the map we include an extract from a directory of Whickham and Swallwell parish register, and an extract from an article on Ridley's Works.

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