Monument record 331/2 - Ridley Pool

<1> Leyland J, 1538-43, Itineraries (Manuscript). SCH1492.

<2> Toulmin Smith, L, 1910, The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Volume 5), p.28 (Book). SCH9489.

Leyland refers to a large pool near Ridley "a mile or more in length".

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner R, 07/07/1988 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The pool may have been artificial, for it has now gone. It may have formed the western boundary of the park (see 331/2) and have been fed by the River Weaver.

<4> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol.II p.301 (Book). SCH1389.

Ridley Mere has long been drained and brought into cultivation.

<5> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.III p.131-2 (Book). SCH3228.

Ridley Pool is the name of a tract of ground formerly covered by a mere, said by Leland (see 1 & 2) c.1536 to be half a mile long, by half a mile broad.

<7> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 340/2, 1839 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

A number of plots in the north-western corner of the township include Pools in the field name.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5455, 1874-1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

An area at SJ54025517 is labelled Ridley Pool.