Monument record 1826/1 - Saltworking Site in Aldersey

<1> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .IV p.83 (Book). SCH3228.

Salt working was carried out in Aldersey in Elizabethan times and field names such as Salt Brook Meadow and Salt Grass suggest this activity. Leland (vol 6) notes that 'Aldresey hath bene a salt pit, but now decayed, as almoste in tyme out of mynde' (1).

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, 1981 SJ45NE12 (Index). SCH2487.

SJ4656 Possible Deserted Medieval Village at Aldersey mentioned in 1180-1220. Saltworking was carried out here in Elizabethan times

<3> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol II, p739 (Book). SCH1389.

"Leland notices Saltworks in this township. There is a brine spring of sufficent strength to leave an occasional incrustation on the banks; but from the distance of coal, salt has not been made here for many years."