Monument record 14207 - Site of Hame Farm

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 247/2, c.1845 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts two buildings at this location. The award describes the plot as 'house, building, etc.'.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.II, p.190 (Book). SCH3228.

Hame, the reputed eleventh century lord of Lostock (see 3).

<3> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol.III, p.163 (Book). SCH1389.

'...it appears, from the deposition of John de Holford, Oct. I, 1386, with reference to the celebrated Grosvenor cause, that Lostock belonged to one 'Hame', who was slain at the battle of Nantwich…'

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ7074, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts a long range comprising two to three buildings and with various extensions or additions on the western side. To the west are two further buildings, one of which may be pigsties. To the immediate south is a further building, presumably the farmhouse, and an orchard.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ7074, 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

The buildings are no longer extant. A new farm has been built to the north-west.