Monument record 14912 - Site of Bankhouse Farm

<1> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts the farmstead and labels it 'Bank House'.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 390/2 1845 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts the farmhouse with two farm buildings (which are almost parallel to each other) to the south. The farmhouse is depicted as having a semi-circular (in plan) projection on the northern elevation. The award records the plot as ‘house called Bank House. Outbuildings, yard and garden’.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6588, 1874-1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the farmhouse, though the semi-circular projection depicted on the tithe map (see 2) is not evident. The two farm buildings have been connected by another building forming an H shape in plan. The farmstead is labelled ‘Bankhouse Farm’.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6588, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

Additional farm buildings have been constructed; an open sided barn to the south-west of the farmhouse and another farm building to the east.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6588, 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

An additional open sided barn has been built to the south-west.

<6> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, 106G UK 622 10/08/1945 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The farmstead has been demolished and the area is now in use as a dredging disposal site.