Monument record 15739/3 - Mow Cop to Kent Green Wharf Tramway - Canal Wharf

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 309/2, 1838 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The wharf is not depicted on this map, but is recorded in the accompanying award. Plot 1106, closest to canal bridge no.87 is named Coal Wharf and is occupied by Robert Littler. Plot 1104 to the immediate north-east is also named Coal Wharf and is occupied by Robert Williamson.

<2> Unknown, Various, Mow Cop Interactive, http://www.mowcop.info/htm/industry/coalwilliamsons.htm (Web Site). SCH7739.

Robert Williamson held the lease for Tower Hill and Stonetrough Collieries in Biddulph and Astbury Limeworks.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8357, 1873-1888 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the wharf on the eastern side of the canal. Two tramway lines enter the wharf from the adjacent incline (see CHER 15739/2). One subdivides into two lines which lead to the canal side. A tramway runs the length of the wharf connecting to other lines via small turntables. Two rectangular buildings are located at the south-western side of the wharf, one of which is labelled as a smithy. A further building lies to the east where a weighing machine is also depicted. A further buildings are depicted to the north-east, one on the opposite side of the tramway and one at the far north-eastern corner of the wharf. A crane is depicted on the wharf side.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8357, 1898-1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The buildings located at the south-western end of the wharf, including the weighing machine, are still extant. No other features are depicted.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8357, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

As previously depicted with the addition of a saw pit and an additional building to the south-east of the existing buildings. Labelled Kent Green Wharf.

<6> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 15/12/2022 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The building located on the canal side in the south-western end of the wharf survives. It has been converted and extended to create a terrace of six houses, possibly in the 1980s. The rest of the wharf area contains mid twentieth century houses.