We think the road name is linked to a “pin fold”; which is an enclosure where lost animals would’ve been rounded-up, then if it was your sheep in the pin fold you had to pay money to retrieve it.
Hall i'th' Wood estate: "Our history"
Researching the history of a 1930s Housing estate Bolton, United Kingdom
We think the road name is linked to a “pin fold”; which is an enclosure where lost animals would’ve been rounded-up, then if it was your sheep in the pin fold you had to pay money to retrieve it.