Monument record 1481/2 - Bollin Mill - Mill Lade

<1> Norris J.H., 1968, The Water-Powered Corn Mills of Cheshire, p.62 (Article in Journal). SCH6001.

The leat, now dry, can be traced from the weir with its wood sluice frame and paddle and along the side of the bank and under the road to Wilmslow Park and then into the builder's yard.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 53/2, 1841 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The leat is depicted on the 1841 tithe map.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8481 & SJ8581, 1874 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the mill leat running for almost one kilometre from a sluice just north of a weir on the River Bollin to the mill building. The leat is named Mill Lade.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8481 & SJ8581, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.