Monument record 1502/1/2 - Newton Chapel Graveyard

A small rectangular enclosure to the south east of Yew tree Farm and the field to the immediate east is recorded with the plot name of ‘Chapel Yard’ (see CHER 1502/1/1 for the chapel) (1).

The Ordnance Survey 1st edition 25“ to 1 mile map marks the site of the chapel on a field boundary between two trees. A rectangular enclosure to the north is a labelled as a graveyard (see CHER 1502/1/2) (2). The trees, field boundary and graveyard have been removed by the time of the 2nd edition survey (3).

The cottages to the north and south of the field have yew trees in their gardens. Records the discovery of a gravestone in the front garden of Yew Tree Farm in the 1940s (4).

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 293/1 & 293/2 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ88SE6/1964 (Index). SCH2487.