Monument record 14914 - Site of The Wilgreaves

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, D4625/19 c.1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The tithe map for Woolston with Martinscroft township depicts three buildings at this location. Nearby is the label 'Willgreaves'.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-96, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, SJ6588, 1893-1896 (Maps and Plans). SCH3847.

This map depicts the farmhouse with a garden or orchard to the immediate east and possible pigsties to the immediate north. To the immediate west and north-west are four ranges of farm buildings and a yard. Further to the west are two open sided barns and to the north-west, a pond. The farmstead is labelled ‘The Wilgreaves’.

<3> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, 106G UK 622, 10/08/1945 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The farmstead is clearly visible on this aerial photograph.

<4> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, Run 28 no.2071, 16/05/1971 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

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

<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.