Monument record 2267/1/23 - Railway Goods Shed in Mouldsworth

The building, along with associate sidings, has a post-1872 date (1) as it not present on the OS map of that year. Presumably built to serve the Cheshire Lines Committee's Northwich - Chester Railway and Mouldsworth Junction - Helsby Railway (both completed 1869 2 ). The shed would have served as a focal point for the modest industrial activity undertaken within the quite well populated but rural region. The final destination of the goods seem likely to have been Northwich, Chester or the port of Birkenhead. The shed is no longer visible on the 1972 OS map (3) and the decrease in rail traffic is illustrated by the closure to passengers of the Mouldsworth Junction - Helsby Railway. (2)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1893-96, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, /58-61 1872 Sheet 32.15 (Maps and Plans). SCH3847.

<2> Sylvester D, 1971, A History of Cheshire with Maps and Pictures (Book). SCH70.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1995-2017, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 Scale Map, Sheet SJ57SW 1972 (Maps and Plans). SCH2427.