Dowson Road
Introduction
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Dowson Road
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 6 Aug 2013
The A627 from Hazel Grove to Oldham. This section was originally Swain Street which ended shortly behind the photographer. It led to a quarry through which flowed the Gower Hey Brook. In the 1930s the quarry was filled in, the brook culverted and a new road built to Gerrards bypassing Stockport Road through Gee Cross. The new road was named after Henry Enfield Dowson (1837-1925) who became the minister of Hyde Chapel in 1867 and served for 51 years. So Swain Street became subsumed by Dowson Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.445623
Longitude
-2.075843