Monument record 1584/1 - Pott Shrigley Mill

Site of Pott Shrigley Mill. First mentioned 1347 (1). Now a cleared site, but evidence of culverts has been found . Ref given as SJ 947 796. (2) A mill is shown to the north of the road on Burdetts map of Cheshire, 1775 and Bryants Map of Cheshire 1831(3). The 1st edition OS 25" map of Cheshire shows a group of buildings called Pott Mill, north of the road, adjacent to the watercourse(5).One of the buildings from the earlier map seems to survive in the current layout of Homestead Farm, which now occupies this site. (6) OS ref moved to area north of the road. (7)

<1> Cheshire Rural Community Council, 1951-1960, The Cheshire Historian, 11/62 Bott O J P 1983 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3102.

<2> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 75-6/68 Norris J H 1965 The water-powered corn mills of Cheshire (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<3> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

<4> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<6> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

<7> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, M.Watson 9/2/09 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.