Monument record 14328 - Site of Chemical Works, North of Gaw End Lane

<1> CgMs Consulting, 2018, Land at Gaw End Lane, Macclesfield: Historic Desk-Based Assessment, R4219 (Client Report). SCH8548.

A chemical works is depicted, just to the north of Gawend Lane, on Ordnance Survey mapping dating to 1882 but has disappeared by 1898, the date of subsequent mapping. The nature of these works is unknown, although they could have been associated ‘Harrington’s Bone Works’ to the south of Gawend Lane, which was engaged in the production of glue and fertilizers from animal by-products, or possibly with the ‘White Lead Works’ on the adjacent bank of the canal.

<2> West Yorkshire Archaeological Service, 2022, Gaw End Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire: Trial Trench Evaluation, R4584 (Client Report). SCH9189.

Archaeological trial trenches excavated in 2021 on land at Gaw Lane End, Macclesfield, recorded remains thought to be associated with the nineteenth century chemical works. Features were recorded in four trenches (trench 1, 3, 5 and 6). The remains comprised red brick walls with lime mortar centred at SJ 91157 70927 and SJ 91171 70938, a circular brick structure at SJ 91151 70946, also a curving wall, built in dressed sandstone, with an adjoining rectangular red brick structure which has been interpreted as a probable oven or furnace and centred at SJ 91142 70926.