Building record 15202 - Ebenezer Chapel, Higher Hurdsfield

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 214/2, 1849 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts five cottages, the southern part of a row of ten, at this location.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9373, 1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a smaller chapel building at this location. The chapel has an off centre entrance porch adjacent to the road. It is labelled as a United Methodist Chapel (free).

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9373, 1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts a larger chapel building, though it is still smaller than building footprint depicted on modern Ordnance Survey mapping (see 4). The chapel is labelled as Ebenezer Chapel (United Meth.).

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 27/10/2020 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9373, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

The chapel building is still smaller than building footprint depicted on modern Ordnance Survey mapping (see 4). The chapel is labelled as U.M. Church.

<6> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, 106G UK 645, 11/08/45 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The chapel building visible on this aerial photograph matches the building footprint depicted on modern Ordnance Survey mapping (see 4).

<7> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 27/10/2020 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

A cast plaque on the front elevation, above the door, records the name Ebenezer Chapel and the date 1865. The building is stone built with a slate roof, and is now a house.