Monument record 1781 - Possible deserted settlement in Church Shocklach

<1> Council for British Archaeology, Various, CBA Group 5 Archaeological Newsletter, No.7 p.14, Petch D F 1966 (Newsletter). SCH547.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ45 SW11 1975 (Index). SCH2487.

The possible site of a DMV was located in 1965 in the large field to the north of the church (see 1). There is no apparent trace of the site in this area. However, the site, between an isolated church and the medieval earthworks at Castletown Bridge, is a likely area for a DMV.

<3> Turner R C, 1986, Castletown, near Farndon, Cheshire (Unpublished Report). SCH517.

St Edith's may not have stood completely in isolation in the past. The small paddocks that surround it are large enough for one or two cottages or a priest's house. However the church must have serviced a large number of these small hamlets and its position on the trackway down to the river shows that its influence may have extended across the Dee.

<4> Swallow, R, 2013, Two for One: The Archaeological Survey of Shocklach Castle, Cheshire, p.14 (Article in Journal). SCH7798.

A possible Deserted Medieval Village (DMV) was suggested at St Edith’s in 1965 in the large field to the north of the church, although the Ordnance Survey could not identify it in 1969, and recent geophysical survey has not been conclusive in this respect.