Monument record 1574/13 - Site of Dirty Gate Farmstead

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

This map depicts two buildings which are labelled Dirty Gate.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.I p.127 (Book). SCH3228.

The earliest documentary reference to Dirty Gate is Bryant's map of 1831 (see 1).

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 255/2, 1849 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts two buildings adjacent to the road with a small building to the immediate north. They are described as a house, outbuildings and garden. Another building is depicted in an adjacent plot c.30m to the east.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9672, 1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a small ruin which may correspond with the smaller building depicted on the tithe map (see 3).