Hale Road, towards the M56 junction
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Hale Road, towards the M56 junction
Image: © Anthony O'Neil Taken: 10 Nov 2013
All the large mansions along here - unseen to the left - are the result of the Urban District Council moving its boundaries further eastwards in 1936, allowing housing development on former Green Belt land. Hale Road itself, which was relatively rural in the 1950s, has become intensely busy due to the completion of the M56 junction (in 1972) and the continuing expansion of Manchester International Airport. There is a 1777 map of the area on which this road (towards Wilmslow) appears as "Yestow Lane". Later it became "Easter Lane" (leading to nearby Easter Farm, on the corner of Brooks' Drive). 'Yestow' is an unusual title and one wonders whether it became transformed - phonetically - into 'Easter' at some stage. 'Hale Road' is much less obscure.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.365445
Longitude
-2.302466