Monument record 950/3 - Pond and Mill Race at Cattenhall Farm

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5576, 1879 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a sub-rectangular pond to the south of Cattenhall Farm and a straight channel, labelled mill race, running between it and the eastern side of the watermill (see CHER 950/2).

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 225/2 c.1845 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts the pond and a possible watercourse following the line of the mill race depicted on later maps (see 1).

<3> Earl J, 1767, A Map of Cattenhall Demesne Belonging to John Giffard esq. (Maps and Plans). SCH8457.

This map depicts a rectangular pond.

<4> Bluesky International Ltd, 1999-2003, 1999-2003 Bluesky Survey, P 513 02_6853, 12/05/2002 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5482.

The western half of the pond has been infilled.

<5> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey, UXP_101024_7941, 24/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

The pond is no longer extant.

<6> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 10/07/2018 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The size and shape of the pond, and its location adjacent to the medieval hall, suggests that this may have been a medieval fish pond re-used for the mill.