Monument record 1385/1/1 - White Hall

<1> Earwaker, J P, 1877-1880, East Cheshire Past & Present, 1/1877/51-2 + 64 (Y) (Book). SCH1080.

The White Hall, situated in the Hough and mentioned by this name in the 16th century, if not earlier, was the manorial hall of the Trafford property in Wilmslow. In 1597, it was mortgaged by them for a term of years to the Mosleys of Manchester. The Traffords, who were chiefly resident in Lancashire, came into possession of the property on the division of the lordship of Bolyn in 1421. In 1877, the hall was a white gabled farmhouse.

<2> Cheshire County Council, 1974, County Treasures Record, 5/A.047 (Index). SCH1000.

The Hall was demolished post 1964 and the site levelled.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ87NW3/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

<4> Gifford and Partners, 1992, Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Whitehall Site, Wilmslow, Cheshire (Client Report). SCH5010.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in 1992, at the site of the moated manor at White Hall, in advance of the construction of the A34 Wilmslow by-pass. The evaluation comprised a geophysical and ground probing radar survey (Stratascan) followed by the excavation of five trenches.

The trenches recorded various archaeological deposits/features, those which could be dated relate to activity from the 17th century onwards and include culverts, a line of sandstone blocks and bricks possibly representing a foundation or narrow path, also deposits of demolition debris and a 4m wide ditch interpreted as a 19th century land drain. A ditch and pit found in Trench 2 was interpreted as earlier, possibly medieval, features.