Monument record 485 - Medieval Windmill in Warrington District

A windmill at Nether Walton is mentioned in 1627 (1).Shown as a small square building on OS map (2).Shown as group of buildings by Thompson Watkin (3).Windmill destroyed in 1893 & remains of the foundation were visible below the south fence of the garden belonging to Alderman W.Bolton (4).Windmill occupied the site of a barrow. See SMR:484 (5).

<1> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 1/737 (N) (Book). SCH1389.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1881-2, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 6 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, 1882 (Maps and Plans). SCH2474.

<3> Thompson, F.H., 1964, A History of Cheshire. Volume Two: Roman Cheshire, Plan p.260 1886 (Book). SCH2862.

<4> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 21/121 May T 1903 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<5> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 14/7 May T 1900 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.