Monument record 1989/1 - Medieval Mill at Trafford

<1> Various, Cheshire History, No. 11 p.57 Bott O J P 1983 (Journal/Periodical). SCH811.

A medieval mill at Trafford is first mentioned in documentary sources in1303 and subsequently in 1304 and 1527. The present Georgian mill (CHER 1989/2) is believed to stand on the same site.

<2> Castlering Archaeology, Trafford Mill, Mickle Trafford, Cheshire: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Site Visit, R3249 (Client Report). SCH6601.

Desk-based survey undertaken in 2005 for Trafford Mill. The earliest known reference for a mill at Trafford is in 1302-3 when the Cheshire Chamberlain's Accounts state that Richard the Engineer, a military engineer to Edward I during his incursion into Wales, leased Trafford Mill together with lands and common pasture. From the late medieval period to 1917 the mill and various lands at Mickle Trafford were owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, who remained absentee landlords.

<3> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. 2. P.29 (Book). SCH1389.

Mill at Bridge Trafford mentioned in document of 1425.