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©Malcolm Street
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Looks as if a couple of stones from an old mill building have been re-used here.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>An unusual passenger facility. The mid-20C 6 inch map shows a trough, so this is presumably a conversion.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>At the crossroads with Park Lane. See also detail photographs.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The barn on the right might be from the days when pubs were often also farmhouses.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>This is the start of the bridleway around the west side of Stainland Moor near Sowood Green.
©michael ely
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The junction of Forest Hill Road and Marsden Gate
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Like many around here, this quarry is being levelled. The machine might be a stone-crusher for turning all the left-over stone into saleable aggregate.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>An unusual name, perhaps reflecting its elevated position overlooking to valley of Holywell Brook.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This is the southern end of the lane.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This is what is left of the hamlet of Sowood. The old turnpike road was quite narrow here until widened in the mid-20C and the tall retaining wall built. One of the buildings that were demolished was the Old Red Lion public house.
©Humphrey Bolton
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©Betty Longbottom
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Stream winding its way down towards Black Brook through the trees on the east side of Cray Lane at Lower Cray Farm.
©Paul Glazzard
Dist:0.5km north<br/>A group of houses in the gap between Stainland village and Sowood Green.
©Humphrey Bolton

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