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A bike ride from the Macclesfield canal to the shops: Higher Poynton to Poynton.
A bike ride from the Macclesfield canal to the shops: Higher Poynton to Poynton (shopping trip). 19th April 2021. Recorded with a Campark V30 action camera and Olympus DM-670 sound recorder.
Hi, Just in case you haven't found this yet... All of my 2021 cruises are being added to this playlist on my channel. It lists them in order and makes them easier to find and binge-watch! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yd2PsM4j5OvZoOf5Tdx-NsrhlEQ5xk2
It would be great if you would like to help me to continue making these videos by sponsoring my channel on Patreon - Thank you: https://www.patreon.com/narrowboatjourneys
Or, use this link for a one-off PayPal donation (please don't click the "goods and services" box as I will then incur fees):
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All o...
published: 23 May 2021
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Welcome to Poynton
Poynton is a small thriving Cheshire town with a village feel surrounded by beautiful countryside. It's only 10 miles from Manchester airport and easily within the Manchester commuter belt.
Poynton's recently regenerated village centre, with its quality shops and restaurants and plenty of free car parking, successfully combines its historic past as a small mining village with having one of the most modern and innovative Shared Space schemes in Europe.
Poynton really is an ideal place to visit, live, work, shop and play.
Poynton has so much to offer. Recreational walkways, cycle paths and bridleways have been formed along old colliery railway trackbeds linking to the Middlewood Way, the local canal network and the adjoining Peak District.
Poynton Park, with its large pool, is home to ...
published: 19 Aug 2013
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Delivering the new £53m Poynton Relief Road
Working with our client Cheshire East Council, and in collaboration with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Jacobs and our design partner Arcadis, we’re pleased to have completed construction on this important project that will bring both economic and social regeneration to the north of Cheshire East.
Named after legendary plane designer, Roy Chadwick, the new 3km single carriageway road relieves Poynton and neighbouring areas of high traffic volumes and congestion as well as improving air quality for residents and opening up employment land. Roy Chadwick Way includes the building of two overbridge crossings for walkers, cyclists and farm vehicles, plus a 3.5 metre-wide combined cycle and footway running parallel to the road on the western side of the main carriageway.
This project ...
published: 21 Jun 2023
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POYNTON POOL 2
I came here to Poynton to see why the Council are planning to take down dozens of trees from the waters edge, the residents are very much against it.
Filmed with the DJI Osmo Action.
Drone footage was by the Hubsan Zino Mini se.
published: 26 Oct 2022
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The White House, Poynton
With an expansive wrap around garden, backdrop of open fields, spectacular countryside views and an abundance of birdlife around, you would be forgiven for thinking you were deep in the countryside, yet this extravagant home is less than a mile from the bustling town of Poynton. Situated directly opposite the Poynton Lake, the White House provides pretty much a perfect location and a truly special family home offering privacy and space; accessibility and convenience; safety and security.
Originally built around 1933, the interior of the spacious four-bedroom home has been luxuriously renovated throughout. The contemporary design delivers all modern comforts with small touches of the historic charm of the house maintained such as beautiful wooden flooring and ornate decorative ceilings.
T...
published: 29 Nov 2022
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What's The Poynton: Is this new £53 million relief road going to work?
The long awaited Poynton Relief Road opened on 6 March 2023 to all traffic, but the question is now - will this new road make things better or worse? Let's go have a quick look.
Music: First Flight - Brendon Moeller
I have Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/showmeasign
published: 07 Mar 2023
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Is This The Way To Poynton Sixth Form
A pastiche for our last ever day of college
published: 25 May 2016
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Poynton Regenerated
A community in decline, divided by decades of anti-social traffic engineering, is reunited and revitalised by streetscape redesign
published: 31 Jan 2013
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Poynton, Cheshire, England, UK.
Silent. The Joy OF .....Poynton. Someone, somewhere is responsible! The road layout appears to be a half-hearted attempt at the Dutch 'holistic village' model. Isn't it dangerous and worse than the UK's normal standard of engineering? No road markings, lack of priority/signage and gridlock...Gridlock.
Here is a drive though on a quiet afternoon in 2014, it might be more interesting to watch a video of paint drying or grass growing though.
From wiki:
The name of Poynton is of Old English derivation. It does not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086. The first mention of the manor of Poynton is in 1289 when it was part of the barony of Stockport. Past spellings include Ponynton and Poynington The Warren family held the manor from before 1386, when Edward de Warren married Cicely de Et...
published: 02 Jan 2021
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POYNTON U13'S AND U15'S V AAYLC GOALS
AAYLC ENGLAND TOUR 2023 DAY 1
published: 22 Jul 2023
12:11
A bike ride from the Macclesfield canal to the shops: Higher Poynton to Poynton.
A bike ride from the Macclesfield canal to the shops: Higher Poynton to Poynton (shopping trip). 19th April 2021. Recorded with a Campark V30 action camera and ...
A bike ride from the Macclesfield canal to the shops: Higher Poynton to Poynton (shopping trip). 19th April 2021. Recorded with a Campark V30 action camera and Olympus DM-670 sound recorder.
Hi, Just in case you haven't found this yet... All of my 2021 cruises are being added to this playlist on my channel. It lists them in order and makes them easier to find and binge-watch! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yd2PsM4j5OvZoOf5Tdx-NsrhlEQ5xk2
It would be great if you would like to help me to continue making these videos by sponsoring my channel on Patreon - Thank you: https://www.patreon.com/narrowboatjourneys
Or, use this link for a one-off PayPal donation (please don't click the "goods and services" box as I will then incur fees):
https://www.paypal.me/narrowboatjourneys
All of the original music you hear on my channel was composed and recorded by myself. You can purchase tracks, or listen for FREE on BandCamp: https://kryfoldsky.bandcamp.com/
Cards, Mugs, and other merchandise are available from my RedBubble store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/phil-ball
Check out and subscribe to my NEW real-time channel Narrowboat Journeys: SLOW TV
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI8p6Ai5hm_HSmXLXjmpNYw
https://wn.com/A_Bike_Ride_From_The_Macclesfield_Canal_To_The_Shops_Higher_Poynton_To_Poynton.
A bike ride from the Macclesfield canal to the shops: Higher Poynton to Poynton (shopping trip). 19th April 2021. Recorded with a Campark V30 action camera and Olympus DM-670 sound recorder.
Hi, Just in case you haven't found this yet... All of my 2021 cruises are being added to this playlist on my channel. It lists them in order and makes them easier to find and binge-watch! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yd2PsM4j5OvZoOf5Tdx-NsrhlEQ5xk2
It would be great if you would like to help me to continue making these videos by sponsoring my channel on Patreon - Thank you: https://www.patreon.com/narrowboatjourneys
Or, use this link for a one-off PayPal donation (please don't click the "goods and services" box as I will then incur fees):
https://www.paypal.me/narrowboatjourneys
All of the original music you hear on my channel was composed and recorded by myself. You can purchase tracks, or listen for FREE on BandCamp: https://kryfoldsky.bandcamp.com/
Cards, Mugs, and other merchandise are available from my RedBubble store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/phil-ball
Check out and subscribe to my NEW real-time channel Narrowboat Journeys: SLOW TV
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI8p6Ai5hm_HSmXLXjmpNYw
- published: 23 May 2021
- views: 1853
8:52
Welcome to Poynton
Poynton is a small thriving Cheshire town with a village feel surrounded by beautiful countryside. It's only 10 miles from Manchester airport and easily within ...
Poynton is a small thriving Cheshire town with a village feel surrounded by beautiful countryside. It's only 10 miles from Manchester airport and easily within the Manchester commuter belt.
Poynton's recently regenerated village centre, with its quality shops and restaurants and plenty of free car parking, successfully combines its historic past as a small mining village with having one of the most modern and innovative Shared Space schemes in Europe.
Poynton really is an ideal place to visit, live, work, shop and play.
Poynton has so much to offer. Recreational walkways, cycle paths and bridleways have been formed along old colliery railway trackbeds linking to the Middlewood Way, the local canal network and the adjoining Peak District.
Poynton Park, with its large pool, is home to the famous Poynton Show every August and the Brookside Garden Centre houses a charming miniature railway that is always popular with children and adults alike.
Come and visit the Nelson Pit visitor centre and the award winning Anson Engine Museum, which besides being home to one of Europe's largest collections of combustion engines, tells the story of Poynton's mining heritage along with a huge scale model of the village as it was 100 years ago.
Discover Poynton in Cheshire and get a real flavour of what this thriving and regenerated town has to offer in this official Poynton Town Council video. http://www.poyntontowncouncil.gov.uk/
https://wn.com/Welcome_To_Poynton
Poynton is a small thriving Cheshire town with a village feel surrounded by beautiful countryside. It's only 10 miles from Manchester airport and easily within the Manchester commuter belt.
Poynton's recently regenerated village centre, with its quality shops and restaurants and plenty of free car parking, successfully combines its historic past as a small mining village with having one of the most modern and innovative Shared Space schemes in Europe.
Poynton really is an ideal place to visit, live, work, shop and play.
Poynton has so much to offer. Recreational walkways, cycle paths and bridleways have been formed along old colliery railway trackbeds linking to the Middlewood Way, the local canal network and the adjoining Peak District.
Poynton Park, with its large pool, is home to the famous Poynton Show every August and the Brookside Garden Centre houses a charming miniature railway that is always popular with children and adults alike.
Come and visit the Nelson Pit visitor centre and the award winning Anson Engine Museum, which besides being home to one of Europe's largest collections of combustion engines, tells the story of Poynton's mining heritage along with a huge scale model of the village as it was 100 years ago.
Discover Poynton in Cheshire and get a real flavour of what this thriving and regenerated town has to offer in this official Poynton Town Council video. http://www.poyntontowncouncil.gov.uk/
- published: 19 Aug 2013
- views: 15713
4:05
Delivering the new £53m Poynton Relief Road
Working with our client Cheshire East Council, and in collaboration with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Jacobs and our design partner Arcadis, we’re pl...
Working with our client Cheshire East Council, and in collaboration with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Jacobs and our design partner Arcadis, we’re pleased to have completed construction on this important project that will bring both economic and social regeneration to the north of Cheshire East.
Named after legendary plane designer, Roy Chadwick, the new 3km single carriageway road relieves Poynton and neighbouring areas of high traffic volumes and congestion as well as improving air quality for residents and opening up employment land. Roy Chadwick Way includes the building of two overbridge crossings for walkers, cyclists and farm vehicles, plus a 3.5 metre-wide combined cycle and footway running parallel to the road on the western side of the main carriageway.
This project is another significant addition to our growing highways portfolio and we are proud to have played our part in its success. Well done to all involved!
Read more about the project here: https://www.graham.co.uk/about-us/news/poynton-relief-road-ceremony-to-mark-completion
https://wn.com/Delivering_The_New_£53M_Poynton_Relief_Road
Working with our client Cheshire East Council, and in collaboration with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Jacobs and our design partner Arcadis, we’re pleased to have completed construction on this important project that will bring both economic and social regeneration to the north of Cheshire East.
Named after legendary plane designer, Roy Chadwick, the new 3km single carriageway road relieves Poynton and neighbouring areas of high traffic volumes and congestion as well as improving air quality for residents and opening up employment land. Roy Chadwick Way includes the building of two overbridge crossings for walkers, cyclists and farm vehicles, plus a 3.5 metre-wide combined cycle and footway running parallel to the road on the western side of the main carriageway.
This project is another significant addition to our growing highways portfolio and we are proud to have played our part in its success. Well done to all involved!
Read more about the project here: https://www.graham.co.uk/about-us/news/poynton-relief-road-ceremony-to-mark-completion
- published: 21 Jun 2023
- views: 168
18:11
POYNTON POOL 2
I came here to Poynton to see why the Council are planning to take down dozens of trees from the waters edge, the residents are very much against it.
Filmed wit...
I came here to Poynton to see why the Council are planning to take down dozens of trees from the waters edge, the residents are very much against it.
Filmed with the DJI Osmo Action.
Drone footage was by the Hubsan Zino Mini se.
https://wn.com/Poynton_Pool_2
I came here to Poynton to see why the Council are planning to take down dozens of trees from the waters edge, the residents are very much against it.
Filmed with the DJI Osmo Action.
Drone footage was by the Hubsan Zino Mini se.
- published: 26 Oct 2022
- views: 1068
3:13
The White House, Poynton
With an expansive wrap around garden, backdrop of open fields, spectacular countryside views and an abundance of birdlife around, you would be forgiven for thin...
With an expansive wrap around garden, backdrop of open fields, spectacular countryside views and an abundance of birdlife around, you would be forgiven for thinking you were deep in the countryside, yet this extravagant home is less than a mile from the bustling town of Poynton. Situated directly opposite the Poynton Lake, the White House provides pretty much a perfect location and a truly special family home offering privacy and space; accessibility and convenience; safety and security.
Originally built around 1933, the interior of the spacious four-bedroom home has been luxuriously renovated throughout. The contemporary design delivers all modern comforts with small touches of the historic charm of the house maintained such as beautiful wooden flooring and ornate decorative ceilings.
The home has a voluminous lounge with a gorgeous Portuguese limestone remote controlled gas fireplace and arched entrance to a sitting room with a picture window framing the beautiful weeping willow outside. An impressive dining room and an additional large family room offer plenty of options for entertaining. These all open onto an outdoor patio with stunning views. The farm-style kitchen has been opened up to the scullery and features a modern range cooker that is the envy of any home chef.
Upstairs are four generous bedrooms, one of which opens out to a balcony with expansive views of the surrounding countryside. The upstairs bedrooms share a lavish refurbished family bathroom. The extensive master suite is bathed in subtle lighting and provides an abundance of fitted wardrobe space. The modernised en-suite bathroom has a lavish double shower, large corner bath and double vanities with ample storage space. On the second floor is a quaint study with an additional bathroom.
Another unique feature of this home is the health suite built over the garage which incorporates a sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi. This lovely home is a rare gem and an ideal family home for the discerning purchaser.
Poynton is a picturesque semirural location in Cheshire, England. It is 11 miles from Manchester, 7 miles from Macclesfield & about 5 miles from Stockport.
Initially a coal mining town in the 16th century and the collieries, under the ownership of the Lords Vernon from 1832 until their closure in 1935, were the largest in Cheshire. Through urbanisation and development better transport links where established by the completion of the Macclesfield Canal through Poynton in 1831, the arrival of the Manchester & Birmingham Railway in 1845 and the Macclesfield, Bollington & Marple Railway in 1869.
By the 20th century Poynton had become the commuter town for Manchester with a population the has grown significantly since 1945 to over 14 000 in 2011.
With its orientation around family and its community, Poynton has an abundance of local amenities including schools, shops, restaurants, medical centres, churches and a youth and community centre. It has an annual show, "The Poynton Show" held every August bank holiday weekend. What started initially as an agricultural show has now grown and up to 35000 people can be expected to visit the show each year. It has a range of events including stunt riding, aerobatics, a fairground, exhibitions and competitive events.
https://wn.com/The_White_House,_Poynton
With an expansive wrap around garden, backdrop of open fields, spectacular countryside views and an abundance of birdlife around, you would be forgiven for thinking you were deep in the countryside, yet this extravagant home is less than a mile from the bustling town of Poynton. Situated directly opposite the Poynton Lake, the White House provides pretty much a perfect location and a truly special family home offering privacy and space; accessibility and convenience; safety and security.
Originally built around 1933, the interior of the spacious four-bedroom home has been luxuriously renovated throughout. The contemporary design delivers all modern comforts with small touches of the historic charm of the house maintained such as beautiful wooden flooring and ornate decorative ceilings.
The home has a voluminous lounge with a gorgeous Portuguese limestone remote controlled gas fireplace and arched entrance to a sitting room with a picture window framing the beautiful weeping willow outside. An impressive dining room and an additional large family room offer plenty of options for entertaining. These all open onto an outdoor patio with stunning views. The farm-style kitchen has been opened up to the scullery and features a modern range cooker that is the envy of any home chef.
Upstairs are four generous bedrooms, one of which opens out to a balcony with expansive views of the surrounding countryside. The upstairs bedrooms share a lavish refurbished family bathroom. The extensive master suite is bathed in subtle lighting and provides an abundance of fitted wardrobe space. The modernised en-suite bathroom has a lavish double shower, large corner bath and double vanities with ample storage space. On the second floor is a quaint study with an additional bathroom.
Another unique feature of this home is the health suite built over the garage which incorporates a sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi. This lovely home is a rare gem and an ideal family home for the discerning purchaser.
Poynton is a picturesque semirural location in Cheshire, England. It is 11 miles from Manchester, 7 miles from Macclesfield & about 5 miles from Stockport.
Initially a coal mining town in the 16th century and the collieries, under the ownership of the Lords Vernon from 1832 until their closure in 1935, were the largest in Cheshire. Through urbanisation and development better transport links where established by the completion of the Macclesfield Canal through Poynton in 1831, the arrival of the Manchester & Birmingham Railway in 1845 and the Macclesfield, Bollington & Marple Railway in 1869.
By the 20th century Poynton had become the commuter town for Manchester with a population the has grown significantly since 1945 to over 14 000 in 2011.
With its orientation around family and its community, Poynton has an abundance of local amenities including schools, shops, restaurants, medical centres, churches and a youth and community centre. It has an annual show, "The Poynton Show" held every August bank holiday weekend. What started initially as an agricultural show has now grown and up to 35000 people can be expected to visit the show each year. It has a range of events including stunt riding, aerobatics, a fairground, exhibitions and competitive events.
- published: 29 Nov 2022
- views: 149
5:53
What's The Poynton: Is this new £53 million relief road going to work?
The long awaited Poynton Relief Road opened on 6 March 2023 to all traffic, but the question is now - will this new road make things better or worse? Let's go h...
The long awaited Poynton Relief Road opened on 6 March 2023 to all traffic, but the question is now - will this new road make things better or worse? Let's go have a quick look.
Music: First Flight - Brendon Moeller
I have Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/showmeasign
https://wn.com/What's_The_Poynton_Is_This_New_£53_Million_Relief_Road_Going_To_Work
The long awaited Poynton Relief Road opened on 6 March 2023 to all traffic, but the question is now - will this new road make things better or worse? Let's go have a quick look.
Music: First Flight - Brendon Moeller
I have Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/showmeasign
- published: 07 Mar 2023
- views: 1945
14:56
Poynton Regenerated
A community in decline, divided by decades of anti-social traffic engineering, is reunited and revitalised by streetscape redesign
A community in decline, divided by decades of anti-social traffic engineering, is reunited and revitalised by streetscape redesign
https://wn.com/Poynton_Regenerated
A community in decline, divided by decades of anti-social traffic engineering, is reunited and revitalised by streetscape redesign
- published: 31 Jan 2013
- views: 298777
6:49
Poynton, Cheshire, England, UK.
Silent. The Joy OF .....Poynton. Someone, somewhere is responsible! The road layout appears to be a half-hearted attempt at the Dutch 'holistic village' model....
Silent. The Joy OF .....Poynton. Someone, somewhere is responsible! The road layout appears to be a half-hearted attempt at the Dutch 'holistic village' model. Isn't it dangerous and worse than the UK's normal standard of engineering? No road markings, lack of priority/signage and gridlock...Gridlock.
Here is a drive though on a quiet afternoon in 2014, it might be more interesting to watch a video of paint drying or grass growing though.
From wiki:
The name of Poynton is of Old English derivation. It does not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086. The first mention of the manor of Poynton is in 1289 when it was part of the barony of Stockport. Past spellings include Ponynton and Poynington The Warren family held the manor from before 1386, when Edward de Warren married Cicely de Eton of Poynton and Stockport, until 1801, when Sir George Warren, the last surviving male, died. He was succeeded by his daughter, Lady Warren Bulkeley. She died childless in 1826 when she left the estate to Frances Maria Warren,Lady Vernon. The Lords Vernon held the estate until the final sale in 1920.[5]
Coal is found outcropping to the east of Towers Road, which corresponds to the line of the Red Rock Fault at the surface. The earliest record to be found is a lease dated 28 February 1589, which talks of the "Coal pit at Wourthe lately occupied by George Finche". This could be worked on the surface then by shallow shafts, and later by deeper shafts with waterwheels or steam engines operating pumps and winding gear. In the late 18th century, the Warrens of Poynton co-operated with the Leghs of Lyme to work the Cannel and Sheepwash seams at Norbury Hollow.[6] Initially, the mines were pumped using waterwheels driven by the Norbury Brook; atmospheric steam engines were then used and then condensing engines thus allowing deeper pits to be sunk. Output in 1789 was over 23,586 tonnes (26,000 tons), rising to a production of 221,056 tonnes (243,673 tons) in 1859, an amount believed unlikely to have been surpassed.[7] The Poynton Collieries were substantial, and the coal rights were held by the Warren family who leased them the Wrights and the Claytons. The canal, and new roads and railway lines were used to remove the coal.[nb 1] In 1826, the estate passed to George John Venables Vernon, 4th Lord Vernon who decided in 1832 to manage the mines himself.In 1856 it was estimated that there was a reserve of 15,163,027 tons which would supply 245,000 tons for 61 years. This was to be supplied by the Park Round Pit, and the Park Oval Pit both working the Four Foot and Five Foot Seam and the Anson Pit and the Nelson Pit which were working the Accommodation Seam.The pits had good transport links to their principal markets, cotton mills around Manchester. With the Lancashire Cotton Famine in 1861, and the subsequent recession, the price of coal collapsed, and the output dropped 112,840 tons, leading to worker redundancies. A new shaft, the Lawrance Pit, was sunk at Park in 1885, raising the output to 216,362 tons and paying for itself within a year. However the costs were rising and the closure of the Norbury Pits resulted in a constant ingress of water. In 1926 production was down to 80,146 tons. The 1926 General strike lasted for 17 weeks in Poynton and the men went back to work as the collieries would have closed due to the cost of pumping. The collieries closed on 30 August 1935; 250 men were made redundant. Eighty were offered jobs in the Kent coalfield and some secured employment with Avro at Woodford The Anson Colliery is now the site of the Anson Engine Museum; all other shafts have been capped and Park Pit has been levelled.Cottages originally built for miners at the bottom of the Coppice in Poynton
The Macclesfield Canal was originally proposed in 1765 but construction did not start until 1826 due to opposition from outside parties. The canal was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1831.Sir George Warren was a promoter of the extension of the turnpike road from Manchester by way of Hazel Grove to Sandon, Staffordshire where it joined what is now the A51 road. The Manchester and Birmingham Railway opened a line through Poynton in 1845,which now forms part of the London–Manchester main line.The Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway opened in 1869 with stations at Higher Poynton and Middlewood; it closed in 1970.The line is now a footpath called the Middlewood Way.
In the late 18th century, the Pickford family developed their family business of waggoners on the London-to-Manchester route with The Birches Farm at Poynton as its headquarters.The business thrived and they relocated to London in 1823.
The population has risen from 5,000 to almost 15,000 since 1945.
https://wn.com/Poynton,_Cheshire,_England,_Uk.
Silent. The Joy OF .....Poynton. Someone, somewhere is responsible! The road layout appears to be a half-hearted attempt at the Dutch 'holistic village' model. Isn't it dangerous and worse than the UK's normal standard of engineering? No road markings, lack of priority/signage and gridlock...Gridlock.
Here is a drive though on a quiet afternoon in 2014, it might be more interesting to watch a video of paint drying or grass growing though.
From wiki:
The name of Poynton is of Old English derivation. It does not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086. The first mention of the manor of Poynton is in 1289 when it was part of the barony of Stockport. Past spellings include Ponynton and Poynington The Warren family held the manor from before 1386, when Edward de Warren married Cicely de Eton of Poynton and Stockport, until 1801, when Sir George Warren, the last surviving male, died. He was succeeded by his daughter, Lady Warren Bulkeley. She died childless in 1826 when she left the estate to Frances Maria Warren,Lady Vernon. The Lords Vernon held the estate until the final sale in 1920.[5]
Coal is found outcropping to the east of Towers Road, which corresponds to the line of the Red Rock Fault at the surface. The earliest record to be found is a lease dated 28 February 1589, which talks of the "Coal pit at Wourthe lately occupied by George Finche". This could be worked on the surface then by shallow shafts, and later by deeper shafts with waterwheels or steam engines operating pumps and winding gear. In the late 18th century, the Warrens of Poynton co-operated with the Leghs of Lyme to work the Cannel and Sheepwash seams at Norbury Hollow.[6] Initially, the mines were pumped using waterwheels driven by the Norbury Brook; atmospheric steam engines were then used and then condensing engines thus allowing deeper pits to be sunk. Output in 1789 was over 23,586 tonnes (26,000 tons), rising to a production of 221,056 tonnes (243,673 tons) in 1859, an amount believed unlikely to have been surpassed.[7] The Poynton Collieries were substantial, and the coal rights were held by the Warren family who leased them the Wrights and the Claytons. The canal, and new roads and railway lines were used to remove the coal.[nb 1] In 1826, the estate passed to George John Venables Vernon, 4th Lord Vernon who decided in 1832 to manage the mines himself.In 1856 it was estimated that there was a reserve of 15,163,027 tons which would supply 245,000 tons for 61 years. This was to be supplied by the Park Round Pit, and the Park Oval Pit both working the Four Foot and Five Foot Seam and the Anson Pit and the Nelson Pit which were working the Accommodation Seam.The pits had good transport links to their principal markets, cotton mills around Manchester. With the Lancashire Cotton Famine in 1861, and the subsequent recession, the price of coal collapsed, and the output dropped 112,840 tons, leading to worker redundancies. A new shaft, the Lawrance Pit, was sunk at Park in 1885, raising the output to 216,362 tons and paying for itself within a year. However the costs were rising and the closure of the Norbury Pits resulted in a constant ingress of water. In 1926 production was down to 80,146 tons. The 1926 General strike lasted for 17 weeks in Poynton and the men went back to work as the collieries would have closed due to the cost of pumping. The collieries closed on 30 August 1935; 250 men were made redundant. Eighty were offered jobs in the Kent coalfield and some secured employment with Avro at Woodford The Anson Colliery is now the site of the Anson Engine Museum; all other shafts have been capped and Park Pit has been levelled.Cottages originally built for miners at the bottom of the Coppice in Poynton
The Macclesfield Canal was originally proposed in 1765 but construction did not start until 1826 due to opposition from outside parties. The canal was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1831.Sir George Warren was a promoter of the extension of the turnpike road from Manchester by way of Hazel Grove to Sandon, Staffordshire where it joined what is now the A51 road. The Manchester and Birmingham Railway opened a line through Poynton in 1845,which now forms part of the London–Manchester main line.The Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway opened in 1869 with stations at Higher Poynton and Middlewood; it closed in 1970.The line is now a footpath called the Middlewood Way.
In the late 18th century, the Pickford family developed their family business of waggoners on the London-to-Manchester route with The Birches Farm at Poynton as its headquarters.The business thrived and they relocated to London in 1823.
The population has risen from 5,000 to almost 15,000 since 1945.
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