Sandy Lane

Sandy Lane is an access-only street in Baguley, Manchester. It stems from Butcher Lane, with Chartwell Drive (cul-de-sac) stemming from it. Sandy Lane does not have any properties registered to it, instead it serves as an access road and parking area for the maisonette properties on Hungerford Walk, Stonehouse Walk, Claverham Walk, Rothermere Walk and Churchstoke Walk.

History

Sandy Lane was constructed at some point between 1839 and 1876, much later than Butcher Lane. The first known print reference was in 1890, when a cow was put up for sale by William Aldcroft in a local newspaper.^[1]

It was originally longer and didn't curve to the north, instead it ran north-easterly until it reached the modern-day site of Tesco Baguley, where it then connected to Altrincham Road. It contained mostly fields, as well as Railway View, which was named in reference to Baguley Railway Station and the Baguley Sidings just to the south-west.

At some point in the 1950s-1960s when Timpson Road was constructed (towards the east) for the newly built Timpson House, Sandy Lane was reconfigured. It was made much shorter, and instead of connecting to Altrincham Road it instead curved north and stopped just short of Altrincham Road, making it a dead-end access road for the new Baguley housing estate that was built. The original route of Sandy Lane survives today as a footpath between Timpson Road and Churchstoke Walk, providing easy access from the housing estate to Tesco Baguley, etc.

Sources

1. Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser, 28th March 1890, Page 2. ↩