Monument record 7103 - Possible Moat at Shavington House

An L shaped pond is depicted to the immediate south-west of Dairy House (later Shavington House) on the 1840 tithe map for Shavington cum Gresty and later Ordnance Survey maps (1, 2, 3 & 4).

It is visible on aerial photography from the late 1940's (5), but had been infilled in by 1971 (6).

The L shaped pond is very reminicent of a moat. Dairy House may be one of the two manorial sites in this township mentioned by Ormerod (7 & 8).

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 353/2/2 (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, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<5> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<5> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

<6> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

<7> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Leah M 05/10/2012 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

<8> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol.III p.505-8 (Book). SCH1389.