Monument record 139 - Furnace in Church Lawton Parish

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ 85 NW 5 (Index). SCH2487.

A furnace for the smelting of iron was established at Church Lawton shortly after 1658, when a lease was obtained of the site of a corn mill (see 2).

No information was obtained [Rigg, J. F.I. 23/09/1964].

<2> Awty, B.G., 1957, Charcoal Ironmasters of Cheshire and Lancashire, 1600-1785, p.74-6 (Article in Journal). SCH9289.

John Turner of Stafford obtained from William Lawton in April 1658 a twenty-one-year lease at a rent of £44 a year for a forge at a corn mill at Church Lawton. Ownership disputes arising from debts associated with the furnace persisted till at least 1676.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 11/11/2022 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

There were two watermills on the Lawton Estate which may have been the site of the iron furnace (see CHER 136/2/1 & CHER 136/2/2).