David46

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  1. The website www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk has a section about Bramcote where it is mentioned that the cutting in Moor Lane was in existence in 1771.
  2. I used to live in Ranmore Close, which stands above the cutting. I've heard of Moor Lane having been an old coal waggonway several times over the years but have never found out any details. Looking at Ordnance Survey plans seems to indicate that the route of any such waggonway ran from Robbinetts Arm - off the main canal at Cossal - across the fields to Balloon Woods and then up to the cutting before going across the fields to Chilwell and Attenborough. The course of any such waggonway may have been diverted, extended, or amended to suit the requirements of people over the centuries, so what