Monument record 7642 - Trackway to Wimboldsley Grange

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6863, 1875-1876 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the original course of the lane between Wimboldsley Grange (formerly Twelve Acres) and Nantwich Road. The lane originally curved to the south joining Nantwich Road near Hopley House.

<2> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

The lane is clearly visible as an earthwork and forms part of a wider landscape of relict field boundaries and agricultural earthworks.

<2> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The lane is clearly visible as an earthwork and forms part of a wider landscape of relict field boundaries and agricultural earthworks.

<3> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

The lane is visible as a cropmark.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The earliest reference to Twelve Acres Farm dates from 1831 (see 5 & 6). The lane may be contemprenous with the farm, but it does connect with the "Wooden Bridge" depicted on Bryant's map (see 5) and which crossed the River Weaver at SJ67226298. This crossing point is thought to have medieval origins (see 6).

<5> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

<6> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.II, p.257-8 (Book). SCH3228.

The earliest reference to Twelve Acre Farm dates from 1831, when its is depicted on Bryant's Map of the County Palatine of Chester (5). The Wooden Bridge, which is also depicted on this map, may be the pons de Wynbaldeslegh (1309) and Wartons Bridge (1619) mentioned in documentary sources.