Monument record 14444 - Site of Cottages North of Hockenhull Cottages

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 385/2, 1838 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The 1838 tithe map for Tarvin township depicts two groups of cottages in the area north on Hockenhull Cottages. The northerly group, aligned east-west and adjacent to Holme Street, comprises two cottages. To the immediate south, aligned almost north-south, is a terrace of three cottages. All have small gardens associated.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4866, 1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts both groups of cottages.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4866, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The southern terrace is not depicted on this map and has probably been demolished.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4866, 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

Niether group of cottages are depicted suggesting all had been demolished.

<5> Oxford Archaeology North, 2022, A51 Tarvin Road Improvement Scheme, Chester, Cheshire: Archaeological Watching Brief and Palaeoenvironmental Coring Report, R4564 (Client Report). SCH9158.

An archaeological assessment, undertaken as part of the A51 Tarvin Road Improvement Scheme, recorded the remains of wall footings, in two areas, to the south of Tarvin Road roundabout. On the 1881 6-inch Ordnance Survey map, north-east/south-west-aligned paths are shown, separating garden plots; these features could correspond to the wall footings. The features identified lay beneath a significant spread of what was interpreted as an imported garden soil.