Monument record 2267/1/48 - Signal Box on Northwich to Chester Railway

The building has a pre-1910 (2) date as it ts present on the Ordnance Survey map of that date but not on the OS map of 1872. (1) The 1872 map does illustrate the existence of signalling points to allow the transfer of trains between the Cheshire Lines Committee's Northwich - Chester Railway (3) and a small set of sidings. However by 1910 the volume of sidings have been significantly enlarged and resulted in a signal box replacing the points. By 1973 the signal box no longer survives. (4)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1893-96, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, /58-61 1872 Sheet 34.9 (Maps and Plans). SCH3847.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:2500, Sheet 34.9 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH2429.

<3> Sylvester D, 1971, A History of Cheshire with Maps and Pictures (Book). SCH70.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1995-2017, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 Scale Map, Sheet SJ67SW 1973 (Maps and Plans). SCH2427.