Monument record 1642/1 - Poynton Mill

<1> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 75-6/68 Norris J H 1965 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

Site of mill at Poynton. The site is now occupied by a residence.

<2> Shercliff W H, Kitching D A & Ryan J M, 1983, Poynton, A Coalmining Village, /4-5 (Monograph). SCH2683.

Location of Poynton Mill shown in Estate Survey of 1770. Located on Norbury Brook just before it passes under the Hazel Grove-Woodford road on a site now occupied by Tanglewood Cottage, which may have been reconstructed from the original mill buildings. Water supply came from a mill pool which was dammed near Barlow Fold on Poynton Brook with its confluence with Norbury Brook. Miller may have lived at Barlow Fold. Course of mill leat can be deduced from the 1770 survey. No trace of original mill buildings. Records suggest mill ceased working in the 1820s or 30s when Norbury Mill expanded. Documentary references to Poynton Mill from 1500.

<3> Gifford and Partners, 1992, Archaeological Assessment of the preferred route for the A523 Poynton by-pass, /13 (Client Report). SCH4360.

<4> University of Manchester Archaeological Unit, 1993, A523 Poynton By-Pass, Cheshire: An Archaeological Evaluation, /9 (Client Report). SCH4318.

During evaluation on the route of the A523 Poynton Bypass in 1993, which crosses the valley c.250m to the east of the mill site, a broad, dry channel was identified, possibly the remains of the mill headrace.