Building record 6161 - The Old Pump House, Reed Lane, Antrobus

<1> Vale Royal Borough Council, 2006, Vale Royal Borough Council's List of Locally Important Buildings (Report). SCH5487.

Criterion E: Buildings Included in The Vale Royal Borough Council Historic Buildings Survey 1977 – 79

<2> Vale Royal Borough Council, 1977-79, The Vale Royal Borough Council Historic Buildings Survey Index Card, ANT/HB 60 (Paper Archive). SCH5481.

Box-framed, half timber building now incorporated into a brick built Victorian house. Deed of 1756. Modern sundial.

<3> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

Depicted and labelled Pump Ho. On this map.

<4> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.II p.130 (Book). SCH3228.

Pump Ho. (see 3).

<5> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 16/2 1846 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Depicted on this map with an additional building to the east. Labelled PUMP HOUSE. Owned and occupied by John Barlow.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6380, 1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the house with a building to the east-south-east. A smaller building is located to the east, a possible pigsty, and a smaller building to the south. A pump is depicted to the immediate north-west of the house. The plot to the immediate south-west is depicted as an orchard. Labelled Pump House.

<7> Olver, C, Unknown, The History of Antrobus, https://antrobushistory.wordpress.com/knutsford-road-west/reed-lane-and-moss-lane/ (Web Site). SCH9565.

First documentary reference in a will of 1732. Contains an extensive list of owners and tenants.