Monument record 1846/0/0 - Iddinshall

Site of Iddinshall deserted village. First mentioned in Domesday book as 'Etingehalle'. Iddinshall is a detached portion of the parish of St Oswald, Chester. In the 12th century, two-thirds of the manor were granted by a family who had adopted the local name, to the Abbey of St Werburgh, which held the remaining part in 1086 (1). Iddinshall is a township in Eddisbury Hundred, but is part of the parish of St Oswald. Part is now included in Clotton Hoofield parish (2). The site of the village was revealed by a node of footpaths and early swing-plough patterns on the ground & settlement evidence either side of a modern hedge-line at SJ 539616 to 539618. Trial probing & a profusion of iron fragments in the sub-soil suggest a number of buildings originally lined a central thoroughfare (3). The village siting is confirmed by a reference to the 'township of Iddinshall containing only two houses...situated...about a mile & a half SW of Tarporley' (4).

<1> Chester Courant, 1878-1990, The Cheshire Sheaf, 38/34 1943 (Newspaper-Magazine). SCH3105.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, 3/286-9 (Y) (Book). SCH3228.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .III p.286-9 (Book). SCH3228.

<3> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 9/25-30 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

<4> Lysons D & Lysons S, 1806-22, Magna Britannia, Lysons D & S 1816 (Book). SCH2066.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ56SW11 1987 (Index). SCH2487.