Pudding Poke, bridleway BRA/212, can be found near Dungworth. Running from the B6076 near Syke House Farm(SK 28041 89597) to Storrs Carr(SK 28478 89720).

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This is an interesting little lane with walls that indicate that it is old. It is now a public bridleway from Dungworth Green to Cliffe Hill, Dungworth.
There are signs that the wild space with trees, on the right, was once an industrial site. Opposite, on the left, there is a mound of earth. This is marked on an OS map, surveyed in 1850/51, as an 'old coal pit shaft'.
The wild space was probably connected to the coal shaft and could have been where the coal was loaded. The use of carts would have been limited due to the sharp hills and as this shaft was already old in 1850 it is likely that pack horses were used to transport the coal away from the site.
The name is unusual and also old. Names can and do change with time and ‘Pudding’ may derive from ‘Puddling’ a term connected with the clay mines in the area. The fact that this track can become very muddy may also have influenced the name. ‘Poke’ is an old name for a pouch or bag and could be connected to pack animals carrying clay. ‘Poke’ is also a term used for a hole, so it could also be linked to the old coal pit shaft on the lane. The lane may have been a used route, for transporting clay, before coal was mined here.
Evidence of the old mines can be seen in spring. Sykehouse Brook becomes an unhealthy rust colour. This is caused by dissolved iron settling as a sediment in the water run off from the old mines.

Culverts are common in this area, this one is on Dungworth Green over Sykehouse Brook

                                                     

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