FAULKNER'S LANE
The road is presumably named after George Faulkner Armitage, an architect from Stamford House Altrincham born into a prosperous Manchester cotton family in 1849. In 1902 he oversaw the conversion of two cottages by the Bird in Hand and Farmers Arms into the Joseph Wood Memorial School adjoining the then Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (later Congregational). In 1882 the present Methodist Chapel in what is now Faulkner's Lane was built, replacing one that has left no imprint but which stood on the south side of Hall Lane roughly opposite the entrance to the New Hall (Barclay/Sunrise).
The road in 1882 had no housing. At the top of the road stood Ash Villa (now Dacre House) and at the bottom was Coppock House and then Antrobus Hall, both of which still exist. The rest of the housing is 20th century in fill.
The road in 1882 had no housing. At the top of the road stood Ash Villa (now Dacre House) and at the bottom was Coppock House and then Antrobus Hall, both of which still exist. The rest of the housing is 20th century in fill.
