Lyme Grove (12)
Bear right into Lyme Grove. All of the land between here and Broadheath was originally a large medieval open field. The Victorian character of the 1867 houses has been retained and this is a Conservation Area. The garages at the back of number 21 were stables.
Continuing up The Narrows, this was part of the ancient burying track from Altrincham to
Bowdon which then continues as Bowdon Road. Up to about 1820 the whole of the area between The Downs
and The Narrows was a market garden built on medieval open field strips known as Alcock’s Farm. The stone palings
on the right may have come from the farm. At the top left is the original 1908 Telephone Exchange, which replaced a large
Georgian house in extensive grounds called The Red House. It still has a red phone box outside.
Cross over Woodville Road into Bowdon Road.