Monument record 273/1 - Baddiley Grange

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Summary

Aerial photography has identified a moated platform with a number of small enclosures. The moated platform could have been the original site of Baddiley Hall, but field names may indicate that this was the site of Baddiley Grange, a grange belonging to Combermere Abbey. A Grange is an area of monastic land that lies outside the Abbey's main land holdings. They were usually farms and were run by the laymen of the monastic order or by hired labour.

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<1> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.III p.125 (Book). SCH3228.

Baddiley Grange, a grange of Combermere Abbey. The site may be indicated by a group of fields incorporating grange in their name.

<2> Williams SR, 1970s-1980s, Rhys Williams' Aerial Photographs, Baddiley: 1-4, 6, 7, 1015-19 c.1980 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4607.

A complex of ditched enclosures identified from the air; comprising a moat and three subsidiary enclosures. These features survived as well defined earthworks until ploughed in 1981. Possible precursor to the eighteenth century Baddiley Hall.

<3> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, CPE UK 1935, 17/01/1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The moat is a very well defined square enclosure. Slighter connecting sub-rectangular enclosures lie adjacent to the the north-west. Ridge and furrow is evident in the surrounding fields.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SCH3228 Book: Dodgson J McN. 1970-2, 1981. The Place-Names of Cheshire. Vol.III p.125.
<2> SCH4607 Aerial Photograph: Williams SR. 1970s-1980s. Rhys Williams' Aerial Photographs. Baddiley: 1-4, 6, 7, 1015-19 c.1980.
<3> SCH4608 Aerial Photograph: The GeoInformation Group. 2005. 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review. N/A. Pre 1974 Cheshire. CPE UK 1935, 17/01/1947.

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Location

Grid reference	Centred SJ 607 507 (295m by 217m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	SJ65SW
Civil Parish	BADDILEY, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County	BADDILEY, BADDILEY, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2019 4:17PM