Monument record 24/2 - Thornton Mill

<1> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

Burdett's 1777 is the earliest mapped depiction of this mill.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 393/2 1841 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The mill building is depicted on the 1841 tithe map for Thornton le Moors. The building lies within two small enclosures called mill meadow.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4375 1873-1874 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

The mill (labelled 'flour') and a number of attached buildings or structures is depicted on a small island formed by the mill race on the east and the overflow leat on the west. Two sluices and two footbridges are also depicted. The mill lies at a point where three footpaths or tracks meet.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4375 1896-1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The mill building is no longer depicted and the site is labelled 'ruin'. The sluices and mill races are still extant.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4375 1911 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

The site is labelled 'pumping'.

<6> Bott O J P, 1983, Cornmill sites in Cheshire 1066-1850 Part 2, p.58 (Article in Journal). SCH6105.

A watermill site on the River Gowy which has disappeared under the modern oil refineries. This may have been the medieval Ince Mill.

<7> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.III p.252 & 258 (Book). SCH3228.

Makes the connection between the 'mills of Ynes' and Thornton Mill. See source for documentary references.

<8> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

Site appears abandoned. The mill race is no longer visible.

<8> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

Site appears abandoned. The mill race is no longer visible.

<9> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. 2 p.18 (Book). SCH1389.

Sir Edmund Trafford Knt. Held 40 messuages in Wilmslow and in Thorneton on the moors, from the manor of Aldford, by knights service, as the 15th part of a knights fee; also the mill of Thorneton, value XXs per annum