Monument record 2887/33 - Pool Bank Mill

Listed in the Gazetteer of East Cheshire Mills, though the grid reference is incorrect (1). A silk mill is depicted on the OS 1st ed. 25" to 1 mile map (1881-1886) (2). Later maps depict the mill as disused and the mill race as an earthwork (3 & 4). A two storey building built of stone, with brick and timber additions. A silted up mill pond is located to the east (5). The mill and mill pond are depicted on the Tithe map for the township. Weathercock Lane skirts to the north east of the mill race before doglegging back the present course of the lane infront of Weathercock Farm. It doing so the lane fords the head of the mill race and the brook (6).

<1> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, p. 162 (Book). SCH1093.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<5> Longden G, 1988, The Industrial Revolution in East Cheshire: Six Theme Walks (Book). SCH3193.

<6> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 75/2 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.