Building record 15535 - Throstlenest Farm

<1> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.I p.200 (Book). SCH3228.

The earliest documentary reference to the farmstead dates from 1831 (see 2).

<2> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts and names the farmstead.

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 252/2 c.1850 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts two buildings at this location, with two smaller buildings nearby. The plot is described as Throstle Nest House, buildings, yard and garden.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9482, 1883 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the house with a square building to the immediate north. A number of addition structures adjoin this building on its northern side. Beyond is a well. Gardens lie to the south of the house. Labelled Throstlesnest Farm.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9482, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts the house with a rectangular building to the north. This building broadly corresponds to the group of buildings depicted on the 1883 map (see 4). Labelled Throstlenest Farm.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9482, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

As previously depicted (see 5).

<7> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, HSL UK 71 109 Run 46 no.3997, 07/07/1971 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

The farmstead appears as much as it did on the 1909 Ordnance Survey map (see 6).

<8> National Remote Sensing Centre Ltd, 1992-3, National Remote Sensing Centre County Survey (1992-1993), 173/92 023, 31/10/1993 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5297.

Two new farm buildings have been built to the east of the original farm building.

<9> Oxford English Dictionary, 1928-2008, Oxford English Dictionary, throstle n.1 (Book). SCH5094.

Throstle: a songbird of the thrush family, typically a blackbird or song thrush. However, throstle-nest is an old term describing part of a deer's antler.