Monument record 4395/2 - Hilltop Coal Pit

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 252/2 c.1850 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map of c.1850 depicts one building within plot 191. The plot is described as an engine house, coal pit, hill and road. It is owned by Thomas Legh and occupied by James Bullock.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9584, 1874-1885 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts three coal shafts, with associated buildings, aligned east west along the line of the adjacent brook. The central shaft is associated with a probable spoil heap and from here a tramway connects the colliery with the canal wharf at Middlecale Pit (CHER 4395/1).

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9584, 1897-1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

Neither the colliery or the tramway are depicted on this map.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9584, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

This map depicts an air shaft at the location of the easternmost shaft.

<5> Shercliff W H, Kitching D A & Ryan J M, 1983, Poynton, A Coalmining Village, p.19 (Monograph). SCH2683.

Recorded as Water Shaft.

<5> The Coal Authority, Various, Coal Authority Web Mapping Service, 06/08/2019 (Digital Archive). SCH8741.

Data published by the Coal Authority records a cluster of shafts in this area.