HAND-WRITTEN ADDITIONS |
Some new houses off Allen Croft in Birkenshaw.
Names of landowners and their tenants are shown around Wasps Nest in Drighlington parish along with water mains belonging to Birstall UDC. In Croft Row 12 new house are shown, and the land is marked as belonging to William Grayshon, and next to some houses are the names James Grayshon, Hiram Grayshon, Ryder, Firth, "N. Beafor"?, Roland Clegg, Mrs Pitchforth. Other plost nearby are marked Dan. Liley and J. J. Walker.
Next to the disused Birkenshaw Bottoms Mill is marked the location of Birkenshaw Lower Colliery
with an arrow marked "opp. site winding engine", and to the southeast a field is circled and marked Birkenshaw Bottoms Colliery.
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