Macclesfield Castle Field

Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Other/Unknown Motte)

There are no visible remains

NameMacclesfield Castle Field
Alternative Names
Historic CountryCheshire
Modern AuthorityCheshire
1974 AuthorityCheshire
Civil ParishMacclesfield

Vanished Norman castle 'was situated near the Park Lanes'. Cullen writes probably in Castle Field next to the Congleton Road. No traces of a mound were visible during field investigation in 1962 and the area was under development. (PastScape)

The site of the Park which the earls of Chester had at Macclesfield is supposed to have been near the Park-lane, lying S.W. of the town, between the roads severally leading to Knutsford and Congleton. Near the Congleton road is a place called the Castle Field, which was probably the site of the local palace of theearls of Chester. In this a circular mount, or tumulus, is still remaining. (Ormerod)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ905726
Latitude53.2501411437988
Longitude-2.14393997192383
Eastings390500
Northings372600
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Books

  • Cullen, P.W. and Hordern, R., 1986, Castles of Cheshire (Crossbow Books) p. 12
  • Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 2 p. 176 online copy
  • Finney, Issac, 1873, Macklesfelde in Ye Olden Time online copy
  • Ormerod, G., 1819, History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol. 3 p. 366 (tenurial history) online copy

Journals

  • Birkett, R.E., 1995-96, 'Macclesfield Castle Mound and Manor House' Cheshire History Vol. 35 p. 10-1