Monument record 7018 - Quarries at Tegg's Nose

Two quarries are depicted on Ordnance Survey maps dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Structures, including a smithy and crane, and tramways are depicted at both the northern and southern quarries (1, 2 & 3).

The Tithe Maps for Sutton Downes and Macclesfield do not depict any quarries. The northern quarry is located in an area of fields (Macclesfield) whose land use is recorded in the accompanying Tithe Award as pasture. A small structure and access road is depicted in the area of the southern quarry (Sutton Downes), but the Tithe Award records no land use (4 & 5).

The two quarries have effectively merged into one quarry by the late 1940s.(6).

Appear to be disused by the early 1970s (7).

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

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

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<4> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, Sutton Downes EDT 379/1 & 2 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

<5> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, Macclesfield EDT 254/1 & 2 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

<6> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<6> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

<7> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.