Monument record 694/1 - Wallerscote

Wallerscote, a small manorial site. Edward I is said to have spent some days there when he was in Cheshire for the foundation of Vale Royal Abbey (1). Wallerscote was first mentioned in 1185. The name means 'Salt-boiler's cottage', so it was probably a salt-making site. The township of Wallerscote belonged to the Nuns of Chester until 1360 & was 'but one house & a constablewick' in 1671 (2).

<1> Chester Courant, 1878-1990, The Cheshire Sheaf, 5/32 1970 (Newspaper-Magazine). SCH3105.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, 3/201-202 (Y) (Book). SCH3228.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .III p.201-202 (Book). SCH3228.

<3> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 1/346 (N) (Book). SCH1389.

<4> Chester Courant, 1878-1990, The Cheshire Sheaf, 49/no 9923 (Newspaper-Magazine). SCH3105.