Monument record 104/2 - Halton Deer Park

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, Waggott J P 1980 SJ58SW15 (Index). SCH2487.

This was a large Deer Park attached to Halton Castle. Mentioned in 1495 when Piers Warburton was seneschal.

<2> Harrison W, 1901, Ancient Forests, Chases and Deer Parks in Lancashire, 20/24-5 Harrison W 1902 (Article in Journal). SCH8077.

<3> Shirley, E P, 1867, Some account of English deer parks, with notes on the management of deer, 205-6 (Book). SCH1108.

North of Delamere Forest, on the banks of the Mersey were the large parks of Halton Castle and Rocksavage. The former was held under the Duchy of Lancaster. Both these parks have long been disparked.

<4> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .II p.168 (Book). SCH3228.

Dodgson gives references from c.1190 to 1658

<5> McNeil R (ed), 1987, Halton Castle : A Visual Treasure (Monograph). SCH1332.

Surveys mentioning the park survive in the Public Record Office (DL 44/93, E317/Cheshire/12) and the Cheshire Record Office (DCH E 408)