Monument record 19/4/5 - Ince Manor - fishponds

For details of Ince Manor Grange and the Grade I Listed Hall and Monastic Cottages, see individual records:-
Ince Manor Monastic Grange - 19/4/0
Hall - 19/4/1
Monastic Cottages - 19/4/2

<1> Davey P & Williams R, 1975, Ince Manor, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, Vol 3, p.24-26 (Article in Journal). SCH7546.

Remains of potential, small, rectangular fishponds visible in the field to the north of Ince manor. (Feature 8 on plan)

<2> Thompson, P, 1983, Ince Manor: Medieval Monastic Buildings on the Mersey Marshes, p.3 (Monograph). SCH1474.

There is a large rectangular fish pond off Water Lane marked on the OS First Edition map. Its origins and links with Ince Manor are not known and it is now built over. It was thought that there may also have been fish ponds north of the Hall. In the field, there is a low stone revetment wall on two sides, but the rest has been lost under gardens.

<3> English Heritage, Various, Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Amendment) (Scheduling Record). SCH2950.

Scheduled Monument Amendment notifications dated 1983, with the scheduled area increased to include area of the fishponds and the moat/rock cut ditch (CHER 19/4/4). Also a further amendment in 1994 increasing the scheduled area to include part of the field to the north of the monastic buildings. The 1994 listing details that north of Monastery Cottages and some 25m beyond the lines of the infilled moat, is a dry fishpond c.23m by 22m and 0.5m deep with a stone retaining wall on two sides.