Building record 2609/0/6 - Long Row, Park Lane

Row of 23, two storey cottages with a date stone in centre. Built in 1844. 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.