Monument record 2453/1/0 - Hind Heath

<1> Twigg G D, 1994, Salt Working In Cheshire, p.7 (Report). SCH2919.

Salt works established in 1693 on the Hind Heath estate in Sandbach township. Locations marked by "Brine Pit Field" and two "Wich House Fields". There are adjacent "Wich Fields" over the river in Wheelock township. The canal passes over the probable sites of these salt works (SJ739594 & SJ744593). More documentation is likely to be found in the Ford of Abbeyfield papers at the County Record Office.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 351/2a and EDT 425/1-2 1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Fields located from plot names: First Wickhouse Field, Second Wickhouse Field, Wickhouse Field and Brine Pit Field.