Monument record 10352 - Eighteenth Century Cellar, West Site Stanley Street

During the construction of a cellar (this monument) some time after the land was sold to him in 1750 on the west side of Stanley St. (the precise location is unknown), Mr Hesketh demolished a series of wine vaults (CHER 10351) that had been constructed from parts of the former Grey Friars complex (1).

During the excavation of the new cellar, medieval tiles, which were thought to have been portions of the flooring of a church (CHER 10318/2/1), in addition to 'buried bodies [CHER 10318/6] were dug up'. Contra Watkins (Roman Cheshire, p154), the location of Mr Hesketh's property is not related to the location of the church of St Chad (1). Again, the precise location of this event is unclear, although the monuments' GIS point has been placed where the west end of the Franciscan Friars Church (CHER 10318/2) is thought to have been, which is also just on the west side of Stanley St.

<1> Bennett. J.H.E., 1921, The Grey Friars of Chester (Article in Journal). SCH5681.