Monument record 1708/2 - Bickley Mill Drain

<1> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R , 24/10/2022 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

A channel, and in some places a pipe, which connects with Moss Mere in Cholmondeley Park and a network of drainage channels in Moss Wood and Bret’s Moss which brought water to the mill pond of Bickley Mill. It is named Mill Drain on modern Ordnance Survey maps (see 2) and drains via the former overflow leat to the mill, into Bar Mere. The presence of one of the piped sections is preserved in the place name Pipehouse Farm in Bickley.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, (24/10/2022) (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

<3> Norris J.H., 1968, The Water-Powered Corn Mills of Cheshire, p.62 (Article in Journal). SCH6001.

The water [for Bickley Mill] was piped from Cholmondeley Park into a pond and then tailed into Bar Mere.

<4> Bott O J P, 1986, Cornmill sites in Cheshire 1066-1850 Part 6, p.27 (Article in Journal). SCH6108.

The water [for Bickley Mill] was piped from Cholmondeley Park, tailing into Bar Mere.

<5> Greenwood, C. & Greenwood J., 1819, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2115.

This map depicts a natural watercourse from Bret's Moss to the Bickley Mill.

<6> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts the channel between Bret's Moss and Moss Wood and Pipehouse Farm. The latter is named The Pipe on this map.