The Carrs Park

The word 'Carrs' comes from the Old Norse word 'Kjarr' meaning 'meadow recovered from bog' and indicates the original state and subsequent use of the area. Most of the land upon which the park lies was owned by Lord Stamford and part of the Pownall Hall estate until being sold during the period 1841 to 1859. In 1800, a cotton mill was built on the site using the River Bollin for power. By 1828, it was being used to spin and weave silk, and in 1903, it was being used as a laundry. The building burned down in 1928, and little remains of it today. The park began to take shape in 1925 when Henry Boddington who created Boddingtons Brewery and resident at Pownall Hall gave playing fields to the…