More Maps
 

A few weeks back I took a few photographs of some of the 25 inch maps of the area (south) to add to the map page eventually. In two minds about doing this as we now know the Library of Scotland will eventually have the lot on their website.

Cleaning up the images takes an age, but you can produce some nice maps from scruffy photos. Anyway, here's one for South Broomhill 1923 before and after:


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...roomhill-1.jpg

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...roomhill-2.jpg

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...roomhill-3.jpg

Broomhill Colliery on the 1st edition 1860s OS:
(all maps original colouring, if any, from here down)

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...liery-1866.jpg

Hadston 2nd edition 1897


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...stone-1897.jpg

Moor House near Amble. 1st ed 1860s


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...ouse-1860s.jpg

South Broomhill again, this time the 1st edition 1860s:

Original colouring on the 1860 maps. Buildings in carmine made of brick or stone. Grey for buildings made of wood or iron.

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...hill-1860s.jpg

Rather busy looking Woodside in 1860s:


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...side-1860s.jpg

Radcliffe Colliery on the 1st edition.


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...liery-1860.jpg

Radcliffe complete, 1860s

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...plete-1860.jpg

Radcliffe Terrace as above, slightly sharper image:

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...race-1860s.jpg

Reed Raa 1860s



http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...-raa-1860s.jpg

Nice maps, pleased you put them on, National Library notwithstanding.

On the S Broomhill Map there is something in the school grounds, looks a bit like a spoil heap? Could that be one of the Broomhill drift entrances do you think?
Sorry, I'm getting a bit obsessed by spoil heaps these days, a bit like someone's coal fetish :D

There definitely was something there Janwhin - a drift I believe. I expected to see it on that 1923 map. We have it marked on something we have seen, I'm sure it was in (what became) the school playing field. I'll have a hunt around the digitised maps for it tonight.

:D

Taking the daughter on an expedition in the next few weeks to the only outcrop of the Shilbottle seam were the coal is still visible. She is so excited about that. :rolleyes:

Can't find that drift anywhere but the coal authority map:

Radcliffe Terrace again, 2nd edition 1897


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...rrace-1897.jpg

Togston Colliery, 2nd edition 1897


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...liery-1897.jpg

Togston Colliery 1866:

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...liery-1866.jpg



You can see the relationship of the above two here: http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/ambl...31&postcount=2

North Broomhill in its infinite glory 1923

Across two sheets and some distortion but you get the general idea.


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...roomhill-3.jpg

Well, I hope you have a decent broadband connection for this lot.

Togston Barns with an 'air shaft / engine house' to the south. Something new that I think, too far north to be Dawson's Drift, and they are calling it a shaft anyway.

I've lost my data on this one 1897 or 1923 :o


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...-air-shaft.jpg