Monument record 2608/114/0 - Hatton Street Dye Works

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9173, 1871-1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a complex of buildings and structures which are labelled as Hatton Street Dye Works (Silk).

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1873-4, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Macclesfield (Maps and Plans). SCH4489.

This map depicts the Hatton Street Dye Works (Silk) occupying an area between Hatton Street and Armitt Street, with housing to the immediate north-east and open ground to the south-west. The main building is located on the north-eastern side of the site with a large open structure to its immediate south-west. The presence of a sluice on one side of this structure may suggest it is a tank or reservoir of some sort. Further smaller buildings are located to the north-west and south-east of the main building.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9173, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The site is labelled as a 'Silk Mill'.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9173, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

The site is labelled as a 'Silk Mill (Disused)'.

<5> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, 106G UK 645, 11/08/1945 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The site is clearly visible on this aerial photograph dating from the 1940s. The buildings visible clearly correspond with those visible or depicted on later aerial photographs and maps (see 6-9). The main building depicted on earlier maps also appears to be extant. A long shadow located at the corner of this building indicates the existence of a tall chimney at this time.

<6> National Remote Sensing Centre Ltd, 1992-3, National Remote Sensing Centre County Survey (1992-1993), 177/92 no.227, 31/10/1992 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5297.

<7> Bluesky International Ltd, 2005-2006, 2005-2006 Bluesky Survey, P 812 05_467, 27/04/2005 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5483.

<8> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey, UXP_101011_6202, 11/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

<9> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 24/01/2019 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

<10> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 254/2, 1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The award records this as 'building land'.