Old Maps

National Library of Scotland

Very old

Still very old

1845 - really interesting

1859

Date unknown Probably early 1900s. Shows town centre out to Bardykes colliery

Following (big) maps compiled and donated by Colin Findlay, May 2004

1895 map1     1895 map 2     1895 map 3     1895 map 4  

Composite (Big file so be patient on downloading and save it to your hard disk for later viewing)

Another map of 1864 compiled and donated by Colin Findlay, Sep 2004

Hallside Steel Works 1898 - donated by John McGee May 05

Spittal, Dalton and Bardykes colliery 1912 - donated by John McGee May 05

Newton Miner's Rows 1960s