Monument record 15485 - Spa Meadow

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 44/2 c.1841 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The 1841 tithe map for Betchton depicts a small circular feature adjacent to a natural watercourse. The feature is labelled Spa and the field is named in the award as Near Spa-well Meadow. The adjacent field (to the north-west) is named Far Spa-well Meadow.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ7856, 1876 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

The circular feature is not depicted on this map.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 08/02/2022 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Possibly a natural saline spring used for bathing. The spring water was reputedly a cure for various illnesses, either by bathing or by drinking, during the eighteenth century. See Spurstow Spa for comparison (CHER 372 & CHER 308/1). The site of the spa is occupied by a water treatment works by the late 1940s (see 4).

<4> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.