Monument record 1355/1 - Site of Old Capesthorne Hall

Capesthorne is first mentioned in Domesday as the 'vill of Copestor' where the Earl of Chester held half a hide of land. The lords of the vill in the early days were the Capesthorne family. The medieval manor passed to the Ward family by marriage in 1386, when Sara, the sole heiress daughter of Ranulf de Capesthorne married John Le Warde. At this time the manor house stood near the water, several hundred yards east of the present house. Its foundations are hidden beneath the parkland. The estates later passed to the Davenport family. In 1722 the old hall was demolished & the new hall was built (RN:2266/1). Site of old hall marked by a brick column in the park to the left of the drive (3).

<1> Cheshire Rural Community Council, 1951-1960, The Cheshire Historian, 7/29-34 Bromley-Davenport L 1957 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3102.

<2> Earwaker, J P, 1877-1880, East Cheshire Past & Present, 2/1880/406-8 + 414 (Y) (Book). SCH1080.

<3> de Figueiredo P & Treuherz J, 1988, Cheshire Country Houses, /48-51 (Book). SCH785.

<4> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, 1/73-74 (Y) (Book). SCH3228.

<4> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .I p.73-74 (Book). SCH3228.