Monument record 1574/2 - Site of Winshaw Farmstead

<1> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

Two adjacent buildings are depicted on this map and are named Winshaw.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 255/2 1849 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts two larger buildings in separate plots and separated by a small field. The Eastern building, which has some small buildings associated with it is recorded as Bank Outhouses and garden. The western building is described as House Outhouses garden and Fold. Both are occupied by a Thomas Cooper.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner RC 23/09/1988 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

A group of ruinous farm buildings, including a house, barn and other smaller buildings. Named as Winshaw on the 1849 Tithe Award (see 2). The waste heap produces some seventeenth and eighteenth century pottery, indicating an early site, perhaps established before the area was disafforested.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9672, 1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts two larger buildings in separate plots and separated by a small field. The eastern building is labelled Woinshaw.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9672, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

A similar depiction to (4), but with greater detail. The larger buildings are depicted either having a number of partitions or as being made up of a number of smaller buildings. The label is Winshaw.

<6> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, 106G\UK\645 no.4122-4124, 11/8/1945 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

The majority of the buildings have been demolished. Only a few of the smaller buildings are still extant.

<7> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, 1m Composite DTM (15/05/2020) (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

Earthworks associated with, and the remains of the walls of some of the buildings are visible on this survey.