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Pinfold Brow brushed metal plaque

Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Goose Green Conservation Area Adjacent lay Hale Moss, used extensively for grazing cattle, horses, donkeys, ducks and geese. A pinfold, cockpit and racecourse were held here with a fair, race meeting, itinerant shows, swing boats and gingerbread stalls. In the 18th and 19th centuries, this locality

was known as Pinfold Brow (now Lloyd Street) and Goose Green. There was a wheelwright’s shop, and a village blacksmith’s forge. Wheelwrights, handloom weavers and market gardeners lived locally. The c

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