Monument record 436/1/13 - King Street - Middlewich to Chesterton Section

F J Poole reported finding a Roman Road 4-5 yds wide and with gravel 15 ins thick whilst laying a bowling green in Elworth and that the line could be traced by the stones showing on the surface, up and beyond the railway. Found about 1 foot below the surface and consisted of a soilid bed of gravel about 15 inches thick, and four to five yards wide (1). During the clearance of this site for a new supermakret, no evidence for a road was observed (3).

<1> Codrington T, 1903-18, Roman Roads in Britain (Book). SCH2902.

<2> Various, Cheshire History, 17/24-5 Greenwood H M 1986 (Journal/Periodical). SCH811.

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