Find Spot record 1683 - The Chorlton Hoard

<1> Various, 1775 - 2023, Chester Chronicle, 27/03/1818 (Newspaper-Magazine). SCH938.

Roman coin hoard found in 1818. 'Some workmen employed in a field of Mr Wicksted's in Chorlton, near Malpas, to sink for marl, found at about a yard's distance from the surface, a number of Roman coins of the emperors Valerian and Postumus. The pot in which the money had been deposited was mouldered into dust'.

<2> Thompson Watkin W. T., 1886, Roman Cheshire: A Description of Roman Remains in the County of Chester, p.309 (Book). SCH2878.

Roman coin hoard found in 1818. 'Some workmen employed in a field of Mr Wicksted's in Chorlton, near Malpas, to sink for marl, found at about a yard's distance from the surface, a number of Roman coins of the emperors Valerian and Postumus. The pot in which the money had been deposited was mouldered into dust'. The find spot was recorded by Watkin near the 'supposed Roman camp at Chorlton'.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ44 NE1 (Index). SCH2487.

<4> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol.II p.664 (Book). SCH1389.

"The week before last some workmen employed in a field of Mr. Wicksted's in Chorlton near Malpas, to sink for marl, found at about a yard's distance from the surface, a number of Roman Coins of the emperors Valerian and Posthulllus. The pot in which the money had been deposited was mouldered into dust."

<5> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, no.300 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.