Willow Lane Packhorse Trail

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Willow Lane Packhorse Trail by Wendy North as part of the Geograph project.

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Willow Lane Packhorse Trail

Image: © Wendy North Taken: 16 Aug 2008

The people of Oxspring have re-laid a number of `causey' stones in order to reinstate part of the packhorse trail. It would seem possible that the stones were originally laid in 1734 as part of a general upgrading of the `Salt Trail' from Leeds to Cheshire. See Image (Oxspring Heritage Group)

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.518501
Longitude
-1.599089