Building record 2902/1 - Handforth Bleach Works

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 184/2a, 1844 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The mill is depicted on this map and labelled Paper Mill. It appears to have been powered by the tail race from the nearby print works . The award is described by a paper works and house occupied by Symonds Cuncliffe and Co.

<2> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, p.164 (Book). SCH1093.

Bleach Works - listed in the gazetteer of the East Cheshire Textile Mills Survey

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8583, 1872-1876 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

The works is depicted and similar in extent to the works depicted on the 1844 tithe map. However a large north-east to south-west aligned building located between the main works building and Manchester Road is no longer extant. Labelled Handforth Bleach Works.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8583, 1897-1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The bleach works has expanded south to, and along, the river.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8583, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

Largely as previously depicted.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1936-1937, Ordnance Survey Third Revision County Series (Epoch 4) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ8583, 1935 (Maps and Plans). SCH9033.

The bleach works is labelled as disused. The main factory building and associated smaller buildings are no longer extant. A building against the northern boundary of the site survives. A new building is located directly adjacent to Manchester Road.

<7> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

A paper mill is depicted and labelled at this location.

<8> Greenwood, C. & Greenwood J., 1819, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2115.

The print works is not depicted on this map.

<9> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

This map depicts a water mill at this approximate location.