Monument record 2609/0/1 - Poynton Coal Station

Also known as West Yard and East Yard, because the yard was split by the turnpike road. The yard was the area where coal from the pits was gathered, at the bottom of the Prince's and Lady's Inclines, and transferred to the Colliery branch of the LNWR (London and North Western Rrailway). Wagons had to be taken across the level crossing (whose gates opened into the yards ) by horse, and were then taken to the main line by LNWR locomotives. The yard was later replaced by Tower Yard, although the LNWR continued to run its locomotives as far as West Yard. Poynton was once a coal mining community with the colliery operating from the 17th century until its closure in 1935. A network of railway branch lines linked the different pits and allowed the coal to be transported to Manchester, Winsford and Crewe. A number of terraced cottages built for the miners can be found in Poynton.