Monument record 7812/1 - Brook House Farm

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 102/2 c.1842 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The tithe map for Chorley (Acton) township depicts a significantly different arrangement of buildings compared to the 1875 Ordnance Survey map (2). It depicts a large winged building with a possible extension on its northern side. This is possibly the main house. There are three further buildings, probable farm buildings, located to the immediate east.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5850, 1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Depicts a square shaped farmhouse with three farm buildings, arranged around a central courtyard, to the immediate south.

<3> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.III, p.116 (Book). SCH3228.

The earliest documentary reference (Brookhouse tenement) dates from 1686 and the earliest depiction on a map dates from 1831 (4).

<4> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

<5> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, SJ5850 DSM 2m (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

The LIDAR data shows earthworks in this area which may be associated with the earlier buildings.