Monument record 165/0/1 - Civil War Battery and Camp at Congleton Edge

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ 86 SE 17 (Index). SCH2487.

Possible site of Civil War Battery, dated 1643, at Congleton Edge (see 2).

No trace of earthworks [W.W. 19/10/1957].

<2> Renaud, F., 1899, Biddulph Manor and Church, p.64 (Article in Journal). SCH9560.

"...Sir William [Brereton] pitched his forces at a place known as Congleton Edge, where a battery was erected to act against the west side of the [Biddulph] hall, but owing to distance little impression was made…".

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 27/03/2024 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Renaud only gives Congleton Edge as the location of the camp and battery of Brereton’s Parliamentary troops. The battery was most likely located on the Staffordshire side of the Edge within a mile or half mile of Biddulph Hall.

<4> Cheshire Historic Environment Record, 1990-1992, MPP Scoring Form, MPP Class 88 (Unpublished Document). SCH2222.

Possible site of civil war battery of 1643. Destroyed.