A photo walk around Ash Hall, Werrington Stoke-on-Trent Job Meigh & the Ash Hall Estate

location 5 on the map |tour map|

Bridle Path

 

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.

(see map). 

The start of the 'bridle path' at the end of the road

photos: July 2000

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