Monument record 14924 - Site of Cottages, City Road, Chester

<1> L-P Archaeology, 2018, Archaeological Mitigation Works at City House, Chester, R4291 (Client Report). SCH8672.

A group of buildings, aligned on the north side of the are depicted on the 1848 Tithe map (source 2). They are recorded in the tithe apportionment as 'six dwellings and a yard', owned by Thomas Large and tenanted by Williams Davies. Later OS mapping (source 3) shows the buildings to be rows of cottages. (See also sources 4 and 5 for discussion of the map evidence for the cottages)

The foundations of the two western-most cottages, originally part of a row of four, were excavated in 2018 prior to re-development of the site. Centred at SJ 41239 66657, partial remains of large, sandstone walls in north-south alignment were recorded, along with agricultural soils. The cottages had been partially truncated by the later Wesleyan chapel, located just to the west (CHER 11256).

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

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

<4> L-P Archaeology, 2013, Heritage Statement: City House, Chester, R3624 (Client Report). SCH7590.

<5> Peter de Figueiredo (Independent Consultant), 2014, City House, City Road, Chester: Heritage Statement, R4663 (Client Report). SCH9346.