Local studies and family history resources
Maps
Maps available at Central Library
The Local Studies section in the Central Reference Library, Halifax has a large collection of local and regional maps, Parish Register maps and Geological Maps.
Community libraries with map collections
Brighouse, Elland, Hebden Bridge, Rastrick, Todmorden, Sowerby Bridge.
Maps online
From Weaver to Web: online visual archive of Calderdale history|
A number of maps in the collection have been digitised as part of the website supported by the Big Lottery Fund.
Individual maps 1325 -1797
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 1325-50 | Facsimile of the ancient map of Great Britain (Bodleian Library, Oxford) |
| 1577 | SAXTON: Yorkshire |
| 1599 | SAXTON: Map of the Luddenden Valley |
| 1610 | SAXTON: West Riding of Yorkshire, eight miles to one inch |
| 1611 | SPEED: England – four volumes (bound), volume four covers Yorkshire |
| 1614 | SAXTON Robert: A plan of Hullenedge |
| 1670 | BLOME, Richard: Map of Yorkshire with its divisions and hundreds, coat of arms of Lord Fairfax |
| 167? | OGILBY: Continuation of the extended road from Oakenham in Rutland to Richmond |
| 1720 | OGILBY and BOWEN: Road map published in 'Britania Depicta or Ogilby Improved; Being a Correct Copy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of all ye direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales |
| 1741 | MOLL: West Riding of Yorkshire |
| 1758 | EYES: Plan of the part of the River Calder that lies between Sowerby Bridge and Halifax Brooksmouth, four miles to one inch |
| 1765 | Plan of the River Calder from Brooksmouth to Sowerby Bridge |
| 1775 | JEFFERYS: County of York surveyed in 1767, 1768, 1769 and 1770, one inch to one mile |
| 1794 | Canal from Liverpool to Leeds |
| 1797 | MOORE: Town and township of Halifax: eight chains to one inch |
Individual maps 1800 - 1900
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 1817 | Yorkshire Ancient Parishes and Chapelries. Maps based on Harry Teesdales's 'Yorkshire' 1817 -1842 and George Lawton's 1842 |
| 1821 | FOWLER: Plan of the Town of Leeds |
| 1822 | BAINES: East and North Ridings of Yorkshire |
| 1822 | BAINES: West Riding and Ainsty |
| 1822 | BAINES: Plan of Sheffield |
| 1823 | Kingston upon Hull and environs |
| 1824 | Plan of the Township of Rastrick |
| 1825 | Town and Township of Halifax |
| 1827 | DAY,T: Plan of the town and township of Halifax, four chains to one inch |
| 1827 | ARNOTT and WASHINGTON: Township of Halifax |
| 1833 | KEMP and SOWERBY: Borough of Halifax, approximately six and three quarter inches to one mile |
| 1834-5 | MYERS: Parish of Halifax, approximately two and a half inches to one mile |
| 1835 | DAY: County Series reproduction |
| 1842 | RAWSON: Plan of the borough of Halifax, approximately one inch to 300 feet: |
| 1847 | Halifax (County Series) reproduction |
| 1847-9 | The Roads across Blackstone Edge (from original 6 inch survey of 1947-9) |
| 1850? | Township of Halifax: Development between 1797 and 1850 |
| 1877 | Part of Kelly's Directory (380 KEL) |
| 1878 | Map accompanying book 'West Yorkshire' by Davis and Lees (554.274 DAV) |
| 1885 | Borough of Halifax: Showing ward boundaries |
| 1898 | Halifax and Huddersfield: one inch to one mile, sheet 77 |
| 1898 | Clitheroe, Nelson and Colne: one inch to one mile, sheet 68 |
Individual maps 1900 to present
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| c1900 | STODDART: Halifax - showing tram routes |
| 1922 | Halifax Corporation Bill: Savile Estate showing Heptonstall Moor with parts of Widdop and Wadsworth Moor |
| 1922 | Halifax Corporation Bill: Savile Estate showing Heptonstall Moor with parts of Widdop and Wadsworth Moor |
| 1924 | Halifax Corporation: Hand plan showing the Corporation's water supply area |
| 1924 | Halifax Corporation: Hand plan showing proposed cooling towers and raft |
| 1928 | Area added to the Borough of Halifax by the Halifax Extension Order, 1928 |
| 1934-5 | Ordnance Survey (OS): Map for the Halifax Extension Bill |
| 1939 | Inland Waterways of England |
| 1945 | County Borough of Halifax Housing Acts 1936-44, Page Hill and Tewit Lane temporary housing sites (on undated base map) |
| 1959 | Halifax, Town of Many Trades – based on painting of 1959 |
| 1964 | Proposed county district amalgamating Brighouse Metropolitan Borough and Elland Urban District |
| 1961-70 | Halifax County Borough ward/polling district map |
| 1967 | Goad Plan: Halifax, revised 1994 |
| 1969 | Queensbury and Shelf showing green belt, areas for development etc... (on 1955 base map) |
| 1972 | Halifax passenger transport traffic routes |
| 2000 | Goad Plan: Todmorden, published 2001 |
| 2001 | Goad Plan: Brighouse |
| 2001 | Goad Plan: Halifax, published 2002 |
Individual maps - undated
- Yorkshire Electric Power Company
- Environs of Halifax
- Cash Supply Stores Ltd, Halifax
- BURNETT: The Calder and Hebble Navigation, a pictorial waterways map
- DAY and SON: Plan of the township of Elland, 20 inches to one mile
- Plan of the City of York
- CARY: Yorkshire
- CARY: Southern part of the West Riding
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and its connections (two scales)
- Queensbury and Shelf showing green belt and areas for redevelopment (based on 1955 map)
- The Calder and Hebble navigation
- Leeds and Whitehall Turnpike Road (with its branches).
Sets / part sets of maps
| Map | Scale | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 Ordnance Survey (OS) | 5 feet to one mile | Calderdale |
| 1854 OS (some bound) | Six inches to one mile | Calderdale |
| 1870 Halifax Survey | 176 inches (14.7 feet) to one mile | Halifax, Boothtown, Wheatley (not comprehensive coverage) |
| 1874 Geological overlaid on 1854 map | Six inches to one mile | North and East Calderdale |
| 1887 Goad Plans (bound) | One inch to 40 feet | Halifax |
| 1890 OS | 127 inches (10.56 feet) to one mile | Halifax, Brighouse and Todmorden |
| 1893/4 OS | Six inches to one mile | Calderdale |
| 1893/4 OS | 25 inches to one mile | Calderdale (parts) |
| 1907/08 OS | 25 inches to one mile | Calderdale |
| 1921 OS | 25 inches to one mile | Calderdale |
| 1933 OS | 25 inches to one mile | Calderdale |
| 1949 Surface utilisation survey overlaid on 1930s map | 25 inches to one mile | Calderdale(parts) |
| 1955 OS | Six inches to one mile | Calderdale |
| 1955/6 OS: Rights of Way | Six inches to one mile | Calderdale |
| 1960s OS | 25 inches to one mile | Calderdale(parts) |
| 1985 OS: Rights of Way | Six inches to one mile | Calderdale |
| 1960s-80s OS | 25 inches to one mile & 50 inches to one mile | Calderdale |
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