Monument record 7461 - The Castage, Tatton Park

Several grants in the 1280s established Richard and his wife in Tatton. He presumably had a residence here, and the royal gift of 6 oaks fit for timber to him out of Delamere in 1290 suggest that he was considering building a hall. John Hussey's map records a field named 'The Castage' at the eastern end of a prominent hollow way from the village area, which has the appearance of a cul-de sac. The most likely derivation for the name is from the old English 'castel' referring perhaps to minor defences such as a moat and gatehouse. (2)

Fieldwalking here recovered badly abraided medieval pottery as well as the later 17th-18th century wares. If the site was the Castage, it remained the manorial focus throughout the 14th-15th centuries. (1)

<1> Higham N.J, 1999, The Tatton Park Project, Part 2: The Medieval Estates, Settlements and Halls.JCAS, p.70-71+109 (Article in Journal). SCH4937.

<2> 1290, 1288 - 1296. Calendar of Close Rolls. 11th July 1290 (Manuscript). SCH4953.