Cardboard hill - slope on the edge of Peter Pan park down to Shepely estate and the river Tame.
Cock lane - now Stamford road and was previously Earl Stamford’s land - probably named to show boundary of Lord Stamford’s possession.
Corporation road - probably named as Manchester council owned the land (aka the corporation) and built the road possibly as a
Enville street & Groby road - names of parts of Earl Stamford's estate in Staffordshire (7th Earls birthplace) and Leicestershire respectively.
Paddy walk - probably existing local pathways and short cuts used by navies during construction work of railways and waterworks in the 19th century.
Used by children in hot dry weather to slide down when the grass was less verdant.
May have been a dumping ground for Hooley hill cardboard box makers?
replacement for Taylor lane which was included in the reservoir.
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surreptitious tags: Audenshaw reservoir, hooley hill