Monument record 2609/2/2 - Lady's Incline

Colliery railway branch line opened in 1845 from the Poynton Coal Station to Lord and Lady Pits. The line was laid out as the a self-acting rope incline with a brake on the return pulley wheel at the summit which is marked in brick on the surface of the path that now runs on the route. Locomotive haulage replaced the rope in 1882 and continued until the closure of the collieries in 1935. Poynton was once a coal mining community with the colliery operating from the 16th 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.