Many
of the roads in Bollington which have steep parts have had the
word 'Brow' in their names at some time or other - examples are Shrigley
Brow (the lower part of Shrigley
Road up to Beeston Mount), Clarence
Brow (Clarence Road), Red
Lion Brow (top of High Street,
from the Queen's up), Defiance Brow (the high
end of Queen Street from Defiance Mill
up to Heathcote's), Lodge Brow is beyond the end
of Adlington Road, the first part of Sugar
Lane, School Brow is the lower part of Hurst
Lane. Ovenhouse Brow is one that I have never
heard mention of in Bollington but it is marked on a 19thC Tithe
map. It is the steep part of Henshall Road from Ashbrook
Road up to the junction with South
West Avenue. Adshead Barn Brow (pictured)
is the top piece of Lord Street, so called
in the 1851 census, but the name refers to the house at the top
on the corner of Cow Lane (but
see Adshead Court). Jackson's Brow is in Spuley
Lane, Pott
Shrigley, just to the north of the Harrop river bridge.
Brows today
Moss Brow is today the name of the entire lane from Bollington Road to Albert Road, but would originally have referred only to the steep bit, the rest of it being part of Moss Lane. Today the latter is restricted to the length round the corner, a separate almost level street. Beeston Brow and Smithy Brow have also both retained Brow in their names today.
