Monument record 2024/1/2 - Moat at Puddington Old Hall

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ37SW7 (Index). SCH2487.

'Old Hall' (SJ 3261 7329) occurs on O.S. 6" map of 1954.

The Old Hall is dated 1490, with various alterations including modern work.

Site visit dated 16/02/1961 created 25" survey of the moat. Ditch of moat survives on north-east and south-east side; on north-west side it is partly filled in, but survives as a grass covered slope up to 1m high, bounded by a retaining wall. On the south-west side the ditch is only faintly traced, a fragment of a scarp 0.8m high and a shallow dip probably mark the course of the moat. The south corner has been levelled for a tennis court.

Site visit dated 15/10/1975 - no change to depiction of moat.

<2> Hughes H, 1966, Cheshire and the Welsh Border, p.19-23 (Oral Communication). SCH564.

Hughes mentions a drawbridge which survived until the middle of C19

<3> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 17, p.110-117, Fergusson Irvine W 1901 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

Entrance to house was via a drawbridge on north side.

<4> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 335/2 1839 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<6> Wilson D et al, 1973-1986, Moated Sites Research Group Records (Paper Archive). SCH2205.