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bridle path, Ash Hall
The postal address of
this short road is Bridle Path (on the 1937 OS map it was named East
Avenue) - at the end of this road is the original bridle path.
The Bridle Path was
the route of coal carts from Hanley Hayes Colliery to the Hanley-Cheadle
Turnpike Road. The exploitation of the coal seams under the estate -
reflected in the names of the fields: “Coal Pit Field” and “Slack Pit
Field” - helped to pay for the construction of the new estate
buildings and the enlargement of the estate.
The start of the
'bridle path' at the end of the road
Bridge of the
bridle path, over the stream
Coal was transported
by cart over a bridge across this stream. Nearby is an old coal
shaft in 'Long Field' and the area directly past the bridge is
'Slack Pit Field'.
1899 OS map
of the Ash Estate
Ash Hall can be clearly located, the red line is the
bridle path
and the blue line is the Causeley Book
The field names have been added from
the 1845 tithe map
2008 'Live
Earth' map of the same area
Most of the fields layout has been retained and the names
have
been added to the map.
The original bridle path runs along "Bridle
Path" road, through the line
of trees at the end and then along the edge of "long field"
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