Monument record 15370/1 - Site of Walton Old Hall

<1> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol I, p.736-/ (Book). SCH1389.

As early as about 1190, Walton Superior appears to have given name to a family, no doubt holding the mesne manor or a considerable part of the township. The hall is a handsome structure of Elizabethan architecture, in brick, with stone facings upon the angles and gables; it is surrounded by a park of considerable extent.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 249/2, 1844 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

A group of buildings are depicted on this map with the possible hall to the immediate west. The plot is described as "House called Walton Hall, outbuildings, garden, fold and outlet".

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6085, 1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a roughly T-shaped building. To the immediate east are three further buildings around a possible yard area. A rectangular building is located on the northern side of the yard. On the southern side is a square building, with an L-shaped building to the immediate east. Labelled Walton Old Hall.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6085, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The hall and the two farm buildings on the southern side of the yard have been demolished. A new L-shaped farm building encloses three sides of the yard along with the existing building on the northern side. A new house, also called Walton Old Hall lies to the east of the yard.