Old Maps of the Porter Brook

This page shows maps of the Porter Brook and Porter Valley from Circa 1850

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1a: From Peter Wood to Fulwood Mills (Mayfield Brook)

 

1b: From Clough Plantation to Clough Lane (Porter Brook)

Old Map #1

 

2:  From the confluence to Whitely Wood

 

3:  From Whitely Wood to Bowser Bottom

 

4: From Bowser Bottom to Porter House

 

5: From Porter House to Ibbotson Wood

 

6: Smith’s Wood

 

7: Endcliffe Wood

 

8: From Hunter’s Bar to Stalker Wheel

 

9: The General Cemetery

 

10: Bramhall Lane and St. Peters

 

11: From Ponds Lane to the Sheaf

 

 

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These maps have been obtained from www.old-maps.co.uk  and tinted in Photoshop.

Any comments on routing of the Brook, of goits or of naming of Dams or wheels would be gratefully received.

Please e-mail me with comments and feel free to send me pictures of or links to old maps of the area.