A number of maps in the collection are now part of Weaver to Web: online visual archive of Calderdale history.
- For over 250,000 UK maps, visit: The National Library of Scotland.
- Also see: Historic maps.
Community libraries with map collections
- Brighouse Library
- Elland Library
- Hebden Bridge Library
- Rastrick Library
- Sowerby Bridge Library
- Todmorden Library
Maps available at Central Library
The Local Studies section in the Central Library and Archives has a large collection of:
- Local and regional maps.
- Parish registers.
- Geological Maps.
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 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved. A Correct Copy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of all ye direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales. |
| 1723 | OVERTON: New Map of Yorkshire (reproduction). |
| 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.) |
| 1759 | Plan of the Town of Halifax, commissioned by John Watson. |
| 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. |
| 1822/23 | BAINES: Computed distances…from the Metropolis. |
| 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. |
| >1842 | North Yorkshire: Ancient Parishes and Chapelries. |
| 1843 | ORDNANCE SURVEY: Sheet 21: Huddersfield: One inch to one mile. |
| 1843 | ORDNANCE SURVEY: Sheets 86 and 87: South Pennines (includes Calderdale) one inch to one mile. |
| 1847 | Halifax (County Series) reproduction. |
| 1847-9 | The Roads across Blackstone Edge (from original six inch survey of 1947-9). |
| 1850? | Township of Halifax: Development between 1797 and 1850. |
| 1851 | Ranger Report map of the County Borough of Halifax. |
| 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 | Borough of Halifax: Escott 330ft:one inch. |
| 1890 | Borough of Halifax: Ward boundaries. |
| 1893 | Borough of Halifax: Escott 330ft:one inch. |
| 1894 | Boothtown. |
| 1896 | Bradford, Keighley, Bingley, Otley OS revised. One inch to one mile. |
| 1896 | Parish of Halifax – showing townships and geological formations (Halifax Naturalist). |
| 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 | STODDARD: Halifax showing tram routes |
| 1903 | Halifax Corporation Waterworks. |
| 1907 | Halifax North: Churches, Chapels and Mills. 1:4340. |
| 1907 | Halifax South: Churches, Chapels and Mills. 1:4340. |
| 1908 | Halifax, Huddersfield, Batley, Dewsbury OS one inch to one mile. |
| c1908 | Central Halifax. |
| 1922 | Halifax Corporation Bill: Savile Estate showing Heptonstall Moor with parts of Widdop and Wadsworth Moor. |
| 1922 | Halifax Corporation: Hand plan showing the Corporation's water supply area. |
| 1922 | Heptonstall, Widdop and Wadsworth Moors showing proposed waterworks six inch to one mile. |
| 1924 | Halifax Corporation: Hand plan showing proposed cooling towers and raft. |
| 1924 | Halifax Corporation Bill: Plan that show the electricity works site (pink) and the land proposed to be acquired (blue). |
| 1925 | Leeds and Bradford (includes much of Calderdale). One inch to one mile. |
| 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. |
| c1940 | OS RAF Aeronautical map, war edition, West Yorkshire to Edinburgh, Glasgow scale 1:500,000. |
| c1940 | Leeds/Bradford – Includes Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield. OS war edition. One inch to one mile. |
| 1941 | Postman’s route map, Sowerby Bridge. |
| 1944 | County Borough of Halifax Housing Acts 1936 – 44. Page Hill and Tewit Lane temporary housing site. |
| 1945 | Borough of Todmorden, temporary housing . |
| 1945 | County Borough of Halifax Housing Acts 1936-44, Page Hill and Tewit Lane temporary housing sites (on undated base map). |
| 1949 | Castle Carr Estate, Luddenden. |
| 1951 | Halifax County Borough – map showing ward boundaries. |
| 1954-6 | Plans for Friendly and Trades Club. |
| 1955 | Plans for King Cross Library conversion of former 235 and 237 King Cross Road. |
| 1959 | Halifax, Town of Many Trades - based on painting of 1959. |
| 1961 | Agricultural classification of Huddersfield, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield. OS one inch to one mile. |
| 1963 | CONING: Howarth and Bronte Country. |
| 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 and more (on 1955 base map). |
| 1969 | Yorkshire. |
| 1972 | Halifax passenger transport traffic routes. |
| 1972 | Ordnance Survey West Yorkshire with diagram to show boundaries under Local Government Act 1977 and parliamentary constituencies 1974. |
| 1972 + 1973 | Proposed Calderdale MD boundary and existing boundaries of districts, with 1971 population estimates two and a half inches to one mile. |
| c1973 | CARR: Map showing historical places of interest in Yorkshire. |
| 1974 | OS Blackburn. Includes Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Burnley, Bacup, Barnoldswick. Scale 1:50,000. |
| 1974 | OS Leeds and Branford. Scale 1:50,000. |
| 1975 | Halifax Conservation Area: Land use, roof materials. development, building materials and dates |
| 1978 | South Pennines 1:25,000 Outdoor Leisure OS. |
| 1979 | CONING: Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale and other places. |
| 1980 | Calderdale: showing wards and named Councillors. |
| 1989/90 | Halifax Town Centre picture map. |
| 1990 | BROMLEY: business and commercial map of central Halifax. |
| 1991 | Enumeration districts from 1991 Census. Three maps: Northowram /Shelf ward, Greetland/ Stainland ward, Halifax/Mixenden/ Ovenden ward.. |
| 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. Cary: North part of West Riding of Yorkshire.
- 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).
- Ogilby, John: The road from York to Westchester.
- Halifax high level and north and south junction railways.
- Map of districts served by Rochdale Canal and adjoining navigations.
- Alternative canal routes between Mersey and Humber.
- Old Yorkshire Maps: The haunts of Gentleman Jack.
- Central Library, Halifax – Northgate. Floor plan.
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. |
| 1890s OS. | 127 inches (10.56 feet) to one mile. | Halifax, Brighouse, Elland, Hebden Bridge 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 and 50 inches to one mile. | Calderdale. |
| Conclusive Maps of Registered Common Land and Open Country, 2004. | 1:25,000 reduced. | Calderdale. |