Monument record 15578 - Site of Watermill North-west of Cotton Hall

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 125/2 c.1839 & EDT 128/2 c.1844 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Possible site of a watermill and wharf on the River Dane indicated by field names. The Tithe award for Cotton township records several plots at this location incorporating references to a mill. These include Banks where the mill stood, Mill Meadow with bank, and Mill Field and the wharf. Adjacent in Cranage Township is Mill Meadow.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 20/07/2022 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Possibly the molendinum de Leyes mentioned in 1265-91 (see 3 & 4).

<3> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.II p.230 (Book). SCH3228.

<4> Bott O J P, 1983, Cornmill sites in Cheshire 1066-1850 Part 2, p.60 (Article in Journal). SCH6105.

Leese Mill, a watermill site at Cranage 1265-1291.