Monument record 15473 - Tax Mere

<1> Leah, MD; Wells, CE; Appleby, C; Huckerby, E, 1997, The Wetlands of Cheshire (North West Wetlands Survey 4), p.89 (Monograph). SCH3260.

Tax Mere, located near Sandbach, is listed by the North West Wetlands project, an archaeological and paleoecological study of the varied wetlands of Cheshire, undertaken between 1993-95. It forms part of a series of wetlands in the area extending from Wilmslow in the north to Macclesfield in the east and Sandbach and Congleton in the south. Within this region a variety of wetland types are present from small basin mires west of Macclesfield to large mosses such as Danes Moss and Lindow Moss. The wetlands also display a wide variation in their degree of preservation. The group comprises two contrasting landscapes with the majority of wetlands in a region termed the ‘marginal belt’, with a smaller group centred around Bag Mere, on the fringes of the Cheshire Plain. Small meres frequently surrounded by peat, such as Tax Mere, are a common feature of this part of Cheshire and place name evidence indicates that they were once even more prolific. The majority of the wetlands have developed in depressions and hollows in the surface of the varied glacial deposits. Tax Mere was partially drained in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol II, p.271 (Book). SCH3228.

Possibly from 'taske' - a duty or exacted work, suggesting n area where service/labour was due, or a personal name.

<3> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

Included as Taxmere Pool and Farm.