Monument record 4244/50/0 - Site of 'Old Foundry'

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1850-1, Five-feet to the Mile Scale Town Plan of Warrington (Maps and Plans). SCH4485.

The 'Old Foundry' is marked on the 1850-1 town plan of Warrington.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1890, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Warrington (Maps and Plans). SCH4536.

The 'Old Foundry' (Iron) also appears on the Town Plan of 1890.

<3> University of Salford (Centre for Applied Archaeology), 2022, Archaeological Watching Brief: Warrington Youth Zone, Dallam Lane, Warrington, R4678 (Client Report). SCH9402.

An archaeological watching brief was undertaken in 2021 and 2022 during the redevelopment of land at Foundry Street and Dallam Lane which included part of the site of the foundry. Eight trial pits were excavated, followed by ground-reduction works to a depth of up to 1.40m across the majority of the site. However, very little was found to have survived of the foundry and adjacent buildings. Three stone-built wells were uncovered just to the south of the site of the foundry, probably of late 18th/19th century date (see CHER 15829).

The foundry was probably established in the late 18th / early 19th century by a John Penketh, in whose will it appears in 1808. Thomas Penketh is then recorded as occupying the foundry into the mid-19th century. A large building is depicted on Hall’s map of Warrington of 1826 (source 4) and it is thought likely to be the foundry although it is not named.

<4> Hall, 1826, Hall 1826 - This plan of the town of Warrington in the year 1826 (Maps and Plans). SCH4484.