Monument record 14053 - Site of Eighteenth Century Farmstead, Wood Farm, North of Stanney Lane

<1> The Environmental Dimension Partnership, 2017, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire: Archaeological and Heritage Assessment (Client Report). SCH8327.

Desk-based assessment undertaken in 2017 in advance of development of land to the west of Stanney Lane highlighted the existance of a group of three buildings, a former farmstead, from historic cartographic sources. The buildings, centred at SJ 41120 74306, are present on a map of Little Stanney dating to 1736 and on the Tithe Map of 1848.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, J.Monk, 06/10/2017 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

On the Ordnance Survey First Edition map (see source 3), four ranges of buildings are depicted, positioned on three sides of a rectangular courtyard; the eastern and northern range appear to incorporate the original eighteenth century buildings, whereas the western range has been added. The name Wood Farm appears on the OS Second Edition map (source 4). Air photographic evidence shows that the farm was demolished sometime between 2006 and 2010 (sources 5-6)

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<5> Bluesky International Ltd, 2005-2006, 2005-2006 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5483.

<6> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.