The name refers to the area covered by the Recreation
Ground and the
bottom end of Adlington Road. There are
a dozen cottages at the end of Adlington
Road huddled against the boundary with Adlington parish. Lodge
Brow rises above them on one side, the trees of Swinerood wood rise
on another. They look out across the Recreation Ground with a backdrop
of Kerridge Hill and White Nancy. A truly delightful
spot - in spite of the name! The popular Vale
Inn is
among these cottages.
The river Dean boldly runs down the southern side of the Recreation Ground.
Almost unseen a small stream rises in the wood behind the bowling greens
and runs in a stone built culvert beneath the edge of the cricket field
and under the cottages and all the way across the children's playground,
under the railway viaduct and only re-appears where it drains into
the river Dean. Not a lot of people know that!
The cottages in this area are believed to have been built by Stephen
Sheldon (1771-1844).
The recreation ground is home to Bollington
Cricket Club
.
A very long time ago this was for a short time Cheshire's county
cricket ground!
