A beautifully detailed map featuring a landscape long since past. Download the .PDF version (link below) for greatest detail. Scan kindly supplied by Steve Hickman.
Last week, blog regular and top local history buff Steve Hickman sent me a .PDF scan of a remarkable map. The sheet shows Walsall Wood, I’m fairly certain at 1:2500 scale and is dated 1902, although the footnotes say it was surveyed n 1882. I can personally recommend reading the key at the bottom, there’s some wonderful stuff in there. This is the second, larger sheet referred to when I posted Steve’s previous Ordnance Survey sheet of Stonnall.
I thank Steve for his dedication, generosity and community spirit; I’d also like to point out that there’s more fascinating information to come about William Taylor and his fine craftsmanship.