Pond at Poynton
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pond at Poynton by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Pond at Poynton
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 25 Mar 2010
Now simply a fishing pond, the original purpose of this pond is much more interesting. It was the ice pond for Poynton Towers. During freezing weather, ice would be collected from the surface of the pond and stored in the adjacent ice house http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1778710 for use as and when required.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.354994
Longitude
-2.107382