Monument record 2601/1 - Wrenbury Mill

<1> Norris J.H., 1968, The Water-Powered Corn Mills of Cheshire, p.71 & fig.8 (Article in Journal). SCH6001.

A site with only slight remains. Illustration in (2), which depicts a large external undershot wheel with a lean-to roof cover. There was a grange of Combermere Abbey.

<2> Coward T A, 1932, Picturesque Cheshire (Book). SCH2636.

Wrenbury Mill is illustrated in the book.

<3> Bott O J P, 1986, Cornmill sites in Cheshire 1066-1850 Part 6, p.29 (Article in Journal). SCH6108.

A watermill site on the River Weaver. Possibly a former grange mill of Combermere Abbey.

<4> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

This map depicts a watermill at this location.

<5> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts a watermill at this location.

<6> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol.III p.395 & p.399 (Book). SCH1389.

There is a documentary reference to the Mill of Wrenbury dating from c.1558-9.

"…It may be added, that the Grange of the monks of Combermere (with its ancient water-mill adjoining, and the wind-mill hill), remains near the railway station, where the course of the Weaver, there a little diverted in this century, divides this township from Dodcote…"

<7> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 445/2 c.1843 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts the mill pond, a building (presumably the mill) at the eastern end of the pond, and a further building, described as mill house and stables on the northern side of the pond.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5947, 1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the mill pond which seems to have been created by a dam across the course of the River Weaver. The mill building, labelled Flour Mill, is located on the northern two thirds of the mill dam. To the east of the dam is a further pond. From the northern end of a mill a leat runs east to join with the course of the river/pond at Wrenbury Mill Bridge. A further building is depicted to the north of the mill adjacent to the mill pond.

<9> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5947, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

As previously depicted.

<10> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5947, 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

As previously depicted. The millpond appears to have silted up or has been replaced by a channel.

<11> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The buildings described on the tithe map and award (see 7) as the mill house and stables is still extant. It is unclear whether the mill building is still extant.

<12> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, HSL UK 73 57, Run 25 no.1873-4, 16/05/1973 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

The mill building is no longer extant.