Wortley & Old Farnley 1906

Here are the details of maps for Wortley: Yorkshire Sheet 217.08 Wortley & Old Farnley 1906 - published 2002; intro by Alan Godfrey. ISBN.978-1-84151-368-3 This detailed map covers the Wortley area of SW Leeds. Coverage stretches from Armley Town Street southward to Lower Wortley, and westward to Butt Lane. Areas covered include Upper Wortley, Lower Wortley, Green Hill, Wiring Field, Wortley Town End, Swallow Hill, Silver Royd Hill, New Blackpool, Farnley, Carr Crofts. This is a busy map and the many features include Antwerp Mills, GNR railway with Armley & Wortley station and sidings, Cliff's Upper Yard and Ingham's Fire Clay Works (both with tramway), Wortley Grange, Western Flats Park, Low Mills, St John's church, Cow Close, Butterbowl Mills, the large Stone Bridge Mills, Farnley Manor House, Farnley Park (at western edge of map). A map of contrasts, leading from the crowded streets and back-to-backs of Armley and Upper Wortley to the rural village of old Farnley. On the reverse we include a good selection of street directory entries, including Cedar Road/Street/Terrace, Claremont Street/Terrace, Farnley Hill, Lower Wortley Road, Silver Royd Hill, Upper Wortley Ropad, Whingate Road.

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