Monument record 1747/1 - Horsley Mill

<1> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .III p.303-4 (Book). SCH3228.

"Mill in Horsleg" from Close Rolls of 1297.
"molendium de Horsley" Eyre 1397
"Horsely Mylne" Cheshire Recognizance Rolls 1476
The Mill was a watermill and seems to have been in Peckforton

<2> Bott O J P, 1983, Cornmill sites in Cheshire 1066-1850 Part 2, p.57 (Article in Journal). SCH6105.

Horsley Mill, first mentioned in 1297. The mill was a watermill and seems to have been in Peckforton rather than Beeston. The placename Horsley Lane survives.

<3> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. 2. p.271 (Book). SCH1389.

"Inq. Pm 16 Edw. IV Thomas Beeston held in demesne,as of fee, the manor of Beeston, ( and the mills of Horseley and Colbrooke?)" ( circa 1477)