Monument record 2625/1 - Adlington Hall Mill

<1> Norris J.H., 1968, The Water-Powered Corn Mills of Cheshire, p.61 (Article in Journal). SCH6001.

‘…A site with few identifiable remains as the building has completely collapsed and was last used about 1896. The mill was built against the dam and there is some evidence of the old pentrough (see 2), but the pool is now silted up. Two of the millstones are in the Hall quadrangle…’

<2> Oxford English Dictionary, 1928-2008, Oxford English Dictionary, pentrough (Book). SCH5094.

A trough or channel typically made of wooden boards, which conveyed water from the mill pond to the top of the waterwheel.

<3> Bott O J P, 1983, Cornmill sites in Cheshire 1066-1850 Part 2, p.62 (Article in Journal). SCH6105.

Cites a reference to the mill dating from the fourteenth century.

<4> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

This map depicts a watermill at this location.

<5> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts a watermill at this location.

<6> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 3/2 c.1850 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts the mill house and the mill building. The mill house is parallel and adjacent to Mill Lane with a yard behind. The mill building is located on the north-eastern side of the yard next to the mill pond.

<7> English Heritage, 2001, Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, GD1627 (Report). SCH2822.

The mill pond was probably remodelled in the mid-eighteenth century to become the Long Water, part of Adlington Hall’s formal gardens.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9080, 1873-1881 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the mill house and the mill building. The mill is labelled ‘corn’.

<9> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9080, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

This map depicts the mill house and the mill building. The mill is labelled ‘corn’.