Petterhills

Possibly a corruption of potter hills, referring to the clay pits which are now the ponds in the wood opposite and the associated brick works which closed in the late 18th or early 19th century.

This is how it looked immediately before it was 'improved' in the 1970s.

Occupants:

Date

1871

1957/8 voters register

North

George & Mary Collingwood and 5 children

John and Annie Birkett

South

Edward & Mary Smith and 2 children

Rebecca and Walter H Padley