Pexhill Road

Pexhill road can be found in the county of Cheshire, U.K. which runs from Broken Cross and leads out to Henbury, Siddington and open countryside. It is a pleasant winding and leafy lane, which was used in the past by people who wanted to get out of the nearby town of Macclesfield and enjoy the fresh air and countryside, yet still remain within walking distance of Macclesfield.

The Pexhill road sign can just be made out in this photo which is at the Henbury end of Pexhill road. Photo by Gary Tacagni.

The name Pexhill was derived from the name Pixie hill, which quite literally means “Hill of the Pixies”, it could have been given the name by superstitious people who lived in this area, and believed that Pixies or Fairies inhabited a certain place along this road. Over the years the name has changed to Pexhill and its true origins seem to have been lost along with some of its magic.

The photograph above shows what may be the Pixie Hill from which Pexhill road derives its name from. Photo by Gary Tacagni.

In 1816 there was a sighting by the Fairy Folk by three girls in a private school in Hurdsfield which is quite close to Pexhill road. The sighting was reported to the local constabulary, and the story is as follows; the three girls, Mary Cope, Mary Hulley and Rosalinda Gordon were walking towards Rainow at 6pm on a thursday evening in May. They stopped to sit on the wall of a garden opposite the school, when suddenly Mary Cope shouted look at that strange rabbit in amongst the seedlings in the garden. The rest of the girls did so and where amazed at what they saw, a small group of people no bigger than rabbits. There were thirteen of these small people, and they were all holding hands and dancing in a circle, but when Mary shouted to them they all ran away and were never seen again.