Monument record 1189/1/0 - Roman Road - Middlewich to Whitchurch (Margary no. 700)

Roman road from Nantwich-Middlewich-Peover. Margary road no.700. Course has been traced by aerial photography from Wrenbury to Swanley Hall, Rookery Hall, to pass 1.5 miles to the W of Nantwich. Margary first traced the road at Wood Farm, Worleston to the W of Crewe, then it occurs as a slight ridge across the fields from Leighton Hall to Bradfield Green. It is marked by hedgerows near Park Hall & at Occlestone Green. Sutton Lane continues the line up to Middlewich, where it would cross the northern road 70a (King Street 436/1). Beyond this from Byley to Bradshaw House in Lower Peover, the direction of the road follows the same alignment as that before Middlewich, for a further 3 miles (1).

<1> Margary, I. D., 1973, Roman Roads in Britain, /304-305 (Book). SCH2903.