Monument record 1594/1 - Swanscoe Park

<1> Harrison, W, 1902, Ancient Forests, Chases and Deer Parks in Cheshire, p.26 (Article in Journal). SCH7172.

In existence before 1623 (source is 2).

<2> Earwaker, J P, 1877-1880, East Cheshire Past & Present, Vol.II p.454 (Book). SCH1080.

Swanscoe Park was one of the possessions of the Earls of Derby, and is mentioned in their records. At the time of the Civil War it was confiscated and was granted to Sir William Brereton of Handforth, in the possession of whose descendants it remained. It is mentioned in the settlement made by his son Sir Thomas Brereton in 1666. From 1623 there is frequent mention in the Macclesfield Registers of Mr Edward Morecroft of Swanscoe Park.

<3> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey, UXP 101011 6432, 11/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 22/09/2017 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The line of the deer park's pale survives in the line of the road to Swanscoe Park Lane and Kerridge Road. The northern part of the pale survives as an earthwork within the later landscape park. Overally this suggests an oval shaped park, which is consistent with other known seventeenth century deer parks in Cheshire.

<5> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1988/2/1/29 & 1988/2/1/32 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.