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The area covered by the "old parchment map" of Hoole Heath can be identified by the roads and the field boundaries as being that on which much housing was built after WW2, and roads show include [[Hoole Road]], Pipers Lane and Hoole Lane. It is also marked on the fold-out map by a rectangle. Looking at the map on the right, we can see "The Spinney", a narrow band of woodland. One reasonably well supported theory is that this was planted, probably by Lady Broughton, to ensure that the views from her "Alpine Garden" were not marred by a view of "The Spike" ([[Chester Union Workhouse]]) which occupied the site of the Chester City Hospital. The layout of streets in this part of Hoole is therefore much influenced by a deeply layered history which the "Handbook" hardly touches upon.