Monument record 16011 - Brick and Tile Works at Dutton

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 146/2, 1841 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The brick and tile works is not depicted on this map. The plot is recorded as pasture.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5779, 1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a brick and tile works at this location. The open workings are depicted as a sub-rectangular earthwork occupying the entire length of the plot, and much of it's width. Three buildings, two rectangular and one square, are depicted on the south-eastern side.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5779, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The works have been extended into the adjacent plot to the south-east. The map depicts two larger open pits, smaller than the area previously depicted. The buildings are still extant.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5779, 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

The map shows a number of large open pits and earthworks indicative of earlier workings. The buildings are still extant.

<5> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The pits are still extant, but some scrub growth is evident over the site. The buildings are no longer extant.

<6> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, Composite DTM 1m (2022) (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

The north-eastern part of the site appears to have been reclaimed and levelled. Earthworks associated with extraction clearly survive in the south-western part.