in its time as the "Unitarian Cathedral", it has a peel of eight bells in its tall steeple – all named for members of Peacock family. Before its construction, in times of religious dissension and persecution, worshippers met secretly in an upstairs room of a house nearby at the junction of Abbey Hey Lane and Cross Lane. Waggon and Horses The original pub on this site, dated to 1833, was later owned by John Jennison, the creator of Belle Vue Zoological Gardens. The present building dates from 1936. Butterfly Garden The trail crosses Hyde Road (A57) and enters an area planted specifically with butterflies in mind. The Old Salt Road Part of an ancient route going north from the salt mines of Northwich. The 'salt road' crosses the brook runs past the 'Vale Cottage' pub and then through foxfold, a wilder section of the trail! Vale Cottage Inn Originally 18th-century cottages, it became a roadside inn when the Salt Road was in use. Tanyard Brow Site of an old tannery which closed in 1959 using the water of Gore Brook. Cottages 56–60* were built in the 18th century for tannery workers. Finally the trail crosses Tanyard Brow and connects up to Gorton Lower Reservoir. Spring Bank Farm Originally dating from 1780 and thatched, it has been much altered over the years. Gorton Lower Reservoir Constructed in the 1820s to supply water to Manchester's rapidly expanding population. Amongst the first municipal reservoirs to be built in the country it is now used for recreation. Debdale Park The land was originally purchased by Manchester City Council in the 1870s for further possible work around the reservoir. In time it became a recreation area and in 1929 a municipal park. Gorton House Built by Robert Grimshaw in the 1790s. He was the first person to try and introduce mechanised weaving looms, but Luddites burned down his factory, and he went bankrupt. A hat-making factory and some workers’ cottages were built behind the house and over the next xx years a number of different families lived there. For some years it was used to house a girls’ boarding school, then one for boys, and then a successful engineering company. In 18 the Manchester City Council bought the house and surrounding land in case it was necessary to extend the reservoirs. It was rented to tenants, and later housed the Park Keeper and his Deputy,