Monument record 1808 - Edgerley

Possible site of deserted village of Edgerley.Township is not mentioned in Domesday, but was possibly combined with Coddington and Beachin to form the Norman Vill of Coddington, which is stated to have consisted of 3 Saxon manors.By the 15th C, Edgerley was separated from Coddington & by the end of the 19th C it was administered with Aldford.Most likely spot for a village is at the east end of Edgerley Lane, just inside Coddington parish. There are 2 rectangular mounds and a bank at this point. These are shown as a building on the 1842 OS map and could be the last traces of a deserted hamlet. The construction of Edgerley Lane by 1777 could have destroyed other traces of a possible village.It seems likely that Edgerley was never more than a hamlet, but with a larger parochial area than now, just 11 fields, of which all but 3 contain ridge & furrow (1). Air photo of house platforms at 438569 (2).

<1> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, No.5 p.10-12 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

The absence of central place in this township and extensive ridge and furrow earthworks have been taken to be indicative of a deserted medieval village.
The most likely spot for a village is at the east end of the lane, just inside Coddington parish. There are two rectangular mounds and a bank, and a house is depicted here on the Ordnance Survey map of 1842. The construction on Edgerley Lane may have destroyed any other traces of the village.

<2> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, No.6 p.16 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

Edgerley. House platforms.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ 45 NW 13 (Index). SCH2487.

<4> Higham N J, Medieval Settlement Research Group - Annual Report, No.24 (1975) p. (Book). SCH2179.

R.Wi.lliams reports that efforts have been directed towards confirming likely sites. Oblique aerial photographs
show house platforms and other village earthworks at Caldecott (SJ 432520), Edgerley (SJ 438568), Hatton (SJ 472612), and Overton (SJ 475482).