Monument record 956/2 - Medieval mill at Sutton

Deeds belonging to Norton Priory and dating from the 12th or early 13th centuries make reference to mill at Sutton (1). The location of the mill is unknown, however the Tithe Award for Sutton records six plots with names containing mill. These include Mill Meadow, Back Mill Brow, Mill Field Plantation (now Lowe's Wood) and Mill Field in a discrete cluster between Sutton Hall (CHER 951/1) and the River Weaver. The other two are associated with the mill race of the post medieval mill (CHER 956/1) (2).

<1> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 1 p.728 (Book). SCH1389.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 380/1 & EDT 380/2 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.