Monument record 690/1 - Hefferston Grange

<1> Cheshire County Council, 1974, County Treasures Record, 4/A.153 (Index). SCH1000.

Hefferston Grange - a former Grange of Vale Royal Abbey. Probably also formerly moated. A hollow feature, possibly a former road, runs north-east from the Grange and extends for approximately 300m.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .III p.203 (Book). SCH3228.

First mentioned 1272-90. 'Le Henhous, le Munkesberne, le Shephous' (hen- house, monk's barn, sheep-house) were mentioned in 1395.

<3> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, No.5, p.36-39 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

Moat may have been the largest in the county, with sides 400ft long. Surface remains consisted of 2 water-filled depressions to the S of the later mansionand two large water-filled depressions to the north, which are probably fishponds. The hollow way is the former route of the A49 Warrington Road, which was diverted when the house was refurbished in the eighteenth century.

<4> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol II, p.150 (Book). SCH1389.

<5> Cheshire Historic Environment Record, 1990-1992, MPP Scoring Form, Robinson K D, 22/03/1990 (Unpublished Document). SCH2222.

Eighteenth and twentieth century landscaping suggest that little of the medieval grange is likely to survive, as did the results of six excavation trenches dug in in the 1970's.