Monument record 255/2/2 - Moat or Ornamental Pond at Poole Hall

<1> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, vol.25 (1907) p.153, Harrison W (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

The moat at Poole Hall is included in a list of homestead moats.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ65 NW2 (Index). SCH2487.

JH White comments (16/08/1960) that 'The supposed moat appears to have been constructed as an ornamental pond, an opinion also held by the occupier of Poole Hall. It is an unlikely topographical situation for a moat and there is no evidence that it continued beyond its present limits'.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6455, 1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Depicts a regular L-shaped pond which is labelled 'Moat'.

<4> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, Composite DTM 2m (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

This would appear to confirm comments in (2) that there is no evidence for the continuation of this feature beyond its present extent.

<5> Cheshire Gardens Trust, 2011 onwards, Research and Recording Report, Poole Hall, 2022 (Report). SCH6655.

A 17th century estate map is identified in this report which provides documentary evidence of Poole Halls origin as a moated site. It is the oldest estate map held in Cheshire Archives. 1601: ‘A plan or mapp of my lands in poole’: (Source: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies (CALS), DMW/6/50).

<6> Massey family of Whitepool records, 1601, A plan or mapp of my lands in poole (Maps and Plans). SCH9309.

this map depicts a range of buildings on a rectangular platform with the L shaped moat clearly shown..