Monument record 1420/1/4 - Medieval Chapel at Mottram Old Hall

Site of a medieval chapel at Mottram Old Hall. A chapel at Mottram is referred to in some dispositions relating to Newton in 1502, but it is possible that the chapel mentioned may be Newton Chapel. A field at the back of Mottram Old Hall is known as the chapel field and there is a tradition that a chapel once existed there. However, it is not referred to in any lists of chapels in Macclesfield (1).

<1> Earwaker, J P, 1877-1880, East Cheshire Past & Present, 2/1880/352 (Y) (Book). SCH1080.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, 1/205 (N) (Book). SCH3228.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .I p.205 (Book). SCH3228.