Monument record 7869/1/1 - Hall o' Lee Colliery - Ventilation Shaft

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8456, 1888 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map of 1888 does not depict this shaft.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8456, 1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map of 1899 depicts an Old Shaft (Coal) at this location.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8456, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

This map of 1909 does not depict this shaft.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 11/01/2017 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Possibly a ventilation shaft associated with the mine below.

<5> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, R39/1029, R40/0334 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

The site has been levelled.

<6> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, RAF/CPE/UK/1935 FS 2419 17/01/1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<6> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2015, Staffordshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Gnosall, Kidsgrove and Talke, 1593240 (Digital Archive). SCH9202.

A post medieval colliery is visible as earthworks on air photographs centred at SJ 8448 5631. The colliery is visible as an area of disturbed ground and the extent of the site was mapped as part of the Staffordshire National Mapping Programme Project. The colliery is connected to the Macclesfield Canal by a tramway recorded separately in UID 1593238 [see CHER 7869/2/2]. The colliery is also depicted on historic Ordnance Survey mapping and no longer extant on the latest 2010 vertical photography (see 2, 6 & 7).

<7> Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2010) (Aerial Photograph). SCH8173.