Pikemere Road
It has been known by other names, but Pike Meer Road is the name given on the Alsager enclosure map of the early 19th century, and Pikemere Road was the name chosen when streets were formally labelled. In the mid-19th century, however, the road was known for a time as Brassington’s Lane. The main Brassington associated with the area was Thomas, who worked as a labourer and on the railway, and was also tenant of about 3 acres. His land was put on the market in 1870 alongside his house and orchard, but does not seem to have found favour as building land at that time.
The long-standing house on the south side, which was still there in the mid-20th century, was one of at least two in Alsager known at some time as Woodbine Cottage, and the centre of a smallholding with its own walled garden. This stood at some distance from the road, about half-way along, to the west of the footpath leading southwards. In mid-century it was built (or, more probably, rebuilt) by Thomas Timmis, who lived there with his daughter Jane and son-in-law Edward Massey.
