Devon Sheet 123.08b Plymouth (North) 1912 – published 2025; intro by Tony Painter. Devon Sheet 123.08a Plymouth (North) 1893 – published 2000; intro by Richard Oliver. The map links up with sheet 123.04 Plymouth NW to the north, 123.07 Devonport North to the west, 124.05 Laira to the east and 123.12 Plymouth Hoe to the south.
Features include Knowles Hill, South Devon Cricket Ground, stretch of Stover Canal, stretch of GWR Moretonhamstead Branch, Newton Abbot Potteries, race course, River Teign and Newton Channel, Hackney Channel, Hackney Canal, Buckland Barton.
This map covers the northern part of Plymouth, with coverage stretching from Wyndham Square eastward to Lipson Farm and Lipson House, and from Grenville Road northward to Lockyer Road. Features include LSWR railway with Friary station, engine shed, Plymouth Workhouse, Freedom Fields, Lipson, GWR railway with Mutley station, North Road station, cemetery, Beaumont Park, RC Cathedral, Houndiscombe, St Jude’s church, Ford Park area, Market Place, tramways etc. On the reverse we include extracts from contemporary street directories, together with introductions to the history of the area.
Coverage stretches from Market Warsop eastward to the River Trent and North Collingham, and from Fast Markham southward to the northern outskirts of Newark (Newark station is at the foot of the map).
The map was divided between Hindley, Abram and Ince in Makerfield councils. Features include a stretch of the GCR Wigan Junction Branch with Bickershaw & Abram station, a stretch of the LNWR Eccles & Wigan line with Platt Bridge station, several spurs and junctions, part of the LNWR West Leigh Line, Hindley Field Collieries, Victoria Collieries, Low Hall Collieries, Brookside Colliery, Wigan Junction Colliery, tramways with tram shed at Platt Bridge, Leyland Park, Hussey House Colliery (disused), etc.
The map was divided between Hindley, Abram and Ince in Makerfield councils. Features include a stretch of the GCR Wigan Junction Branch with Bickershaw & Abram station, a stretch of the LNWR Eccles & Wigan line with Platt Bridge station, several spurs and junctions, part of the LNWR West Leigh Line, Hindley Field Collieries, Victoria Collieries, Low Hall Collieries, Brookside Colliery, Wigan Junction Colliery, tramways with tram shed at Platt Bridge, Leyland Park, Hussey House Colliery (disused), etc.
