Monument record 30/2 - Smelting Works and Brick Kilns near Denna/Denhall Colliery

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

Disused smelting works and brick kilns located on the Ordnance survey 25inch to 1 mile first edition maps next to Denhall Colliery.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1896-98, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 6 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2472.

They appear to be demolished sometime before the second edition is published as these maps show the Wirral colliery occupying the site.

<3> Annakin-Smith, A, 2006, The Neston Collieries and Associated Industrial Workings, 1759 to 1855., p.97-99 (Unpublished Document). SCH4771.

There is no evidence that either the smelting works or brick kilns existed prior to 1855, although there was a brickworks in use for several decades 375m south-east of Denhall Quay.