Monument record 323/3 - Peckforton Mill

<1> Bott O J P, 1983, Cornmill sites in Cheshire 1066-1850 Part 2, p.62 (Article in Journal). SCH6105.

Peckforton Mill: A watermill site. The tithe award schedule and map depict the mill and mill pond. See also (2) to (7).

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.III p.311-313 (Book). SCH3228.

'Mulnemedewe (Mill Meadow), dating from 1363, may be the earliest documentary reference to the mill.

<3> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

This map depicts a watermill at this location.

<4> Greenwood, C. & Greenwood J., 1819, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2115.

This map does not depict the watermill, but a feature at it's location may be the mill pond.

<5> Swire, W. & Hutchings, W. F., 1830, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2116.

<6> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts a watermill at this location.

<7> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 320/2, 1846 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts the mill building, labelled 'Mill', and the mill pond. Recorded as a mill and millpond owned by Lord Crewe and occupied by Thomas Neild.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5356, 1874 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the mill building, labelled 'Flour Mill', to the north of the mill pond.

<9> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5356, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts the mill building, though there is no label. The mill pond is depicted as marshland.

<10> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5356, 1911 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

This map depicts the mill building, though there is no label, and the mill pond.

<11> Norris J.H., 1968, The Water-Powered Corn Mills of Cheshire, p.33-71 Norris J H 1966 (Article in Journal). SCH6001.

'A site with small remains of wheel position.'

<12> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, 1m DSM (composite) 22/01/2019 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

This survey suggests that earthworks associated with the mill, mill dam, leats and mill pond may survive.

<13> Keogh, DB, 2018-, GeoDetective, http://geodetective.co.uk/peckforton-mill-the-first-site-on-the-gowy/ (Web Site). SCH8713.

An account of the author’s site visit to the site of a watermill at Peckforton and subsequent recording and research. The author describes the substantial remains associated with the mill ponds dam, a large earthwork in excess of ten metres long and three meters wide, and the mill building. The latter includes; the back wall of of the mill building (flush to the dam and surviving to a height of four metres) inscribed with the date 1698, the wheel pit, and two composite millstone grit millstones. For full details see author's website.