Monument record 2026/1 - Watermill in Shotwick parish

Watermill in Shotwick parish. Mentioned 30 Edward I (1302) in the Plea Rolls (1). Mill field names from the Tithe map suggest the location (2). However Norris states that Shotwick mill is recorded as having had one of the finest dams on the Peninsula & that it may have been a tide mill before the silting up of the Dee estuary (3). The field names located on the Tithe Map point to a watermill on a substantial stream at c.50 ft above sea level (2).

<1> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Ormerod G 1882 2/562-3 (Book). SCH1389.

<2> Various, Cheshire History, 11/61 Bott O J P 1983 (Journal/Periodical). SCH811.

<3> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 75-6/33-71 Norris J H 1965 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.