Description:This is one of seven hand coloured Staffordshire Series Ordnance Survey maps that show the areas surrounding Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre.
The other maps in this group are signed in the bottom right corner 'H Elsdale, Lieutenant, 23.10.76' (this sheet has been signed but the signature is only partially visible under the green edging.)
Henry Elsdale (born 1843) was in the Royal Engineers and did work for the Ordnance Survey.
This map shows Old Grove Colliery, New Grove Colliery, Whitebarn and Whitebarn Colliery, Whitfield Farm and Knutton.
Digitisation funded by Heritage Lottery Fund