Monument record 15752 - Wall Field, Chorlton

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 106/2 c.1844 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

One of the names recorded for plot 96 is Wall Field.

<2> Oxford English Dictionary, 1928-2008, Oxford English Dictionary (Book). SCH5094.

Wall/walling is a local dialect term for the action of boiling brine in salt-making.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 05/01/2023 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

c.2.5 kilometres to the north-west are three incidences (adjacent to the Swill Brook) of the field name wall field from which two Romano-British salt pans (and a further pan in the vicinity) have been recovered. It is possible that the brook, which lies to the south-west of plot 96, was a focus for salt making during this period.