Monument record 956/1 - Sutton Mill

The mill was described in 1965 as the largest of the Cheshire mills, with 4-storeys and many additions. It had an internal loading way direct from the River Weaver. The mill was re-equipped during the First World War. After 1918 some equipment was taken to Edinburgh; the rest was sold for scrap around 1940. The mill has been powered, in turn, by water, steam & electricity (2).

By 1982 there had been considerable demolition of the buildings associated with the mill. However a two storey building with an arched opening for the tail race and a three storey building with loading openings direct to the river survived. The mill was described by White as an "extensive Corn Mill", by Norris in 1969 as the "largest of Cheshire’s Mills"(3).

The mill house, now industrial estate office, was constructed circa 1820. During the nineteenth century the mill, of which little remains, was one of the largest of Cheshire's water-powered corn mills. (4).

The mill was powered by water and steam. The turbine remains (5). Shown on Bryant’s 1831, Swire and Hutchins 1830 (6 & 7).

Mill, many buildings and the mill race are clearly depicted on the Tithe map for the township and Ordnance Survey maps dating from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (8, 9 & 10).

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

<2> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 75-6/57 Norris J H 1965 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<3> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, p.64 (Book). SCH3181.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.60 (Report). SCH1934.

<5> Cheshire County Council, 1974, County Treasures Record, 4/IA.036 (Index). SCH1000.

<7> Swire, W. & Hutchings, W. F., 1830, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2116.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<9> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<10> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 380/1 & 380/2 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.