Monument record 2257/1 - Newton-By-Daresbury Parsonage

Excavations carried out during 1990 on site of Daresbury Parsonage, Lewis Carroll's birthplace, funded by CCC, Birthplace Trust & NNC Ltd. Carroll born 27 Jan 1832 when father was vicar of Daresbury. Parsonage built 1819-20 by Thomas Haddock but burnt down 1883. Site now under farmland. Excavations revealed robber-trenches allowing exact plan to be recovered but no floor levels survived. House was built of red brick. 2 backfilled cellars were identified by geophysical survey (& excavation). Best preserved feature was brick-lined well over 4m deep. Core samples revealed layer of charcoal but no pollen survived. Site backfilled (1).

<1> Cheshire County Council, 1992-1995, Cheshire Past, 1/20-21 Tindall A S 1991 (Newsletter). SCH870.

<2> Cheshire County Council, 1994, Archaeological Excavation at Daresbury Parsonage, Doc No. 478 (Monograph). SCH332.

<3> Harbutt, Pamela, 2011, Lewis Carroll's Daresbury Birthplace. Idyllic but Misplaced. An Investigation into the History of the Old Parsonage, Newton-by-Daresbury, Cheshire (Book). SCH8700.

Publication of research into how the parsonage came to be built in this location. Contains floor plans and photographs of the building which was built in 1820 and believed to have been destr0yed by fire in 1884