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Latitude: 52.751 / 52°45'3"N
Longitude: -1.9567 / 1°57'24"W
OS Eastings: 403020
OS Northings: 317047
OS Grid: SK030170
Mapcode National: GBR 3BC.J40
Mapcode Global: WHBF8.X3FT
Plus Code: 9C4WQ22V+C8
Entry Name: Boundary stone on the south bank of Rising Brook, approximately 75 metres south east of Dutton's Pool
Listing Date: 21 February 2011
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1396541
English Heritage Legacy ID: 508906
ID on this website: 101396541
Location: Slitting Mill, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, WS15
County: Staffordshire
District: Cannock Chase
Civil Parish: Arne
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Wareham Lady St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Boundary marker
649/0/10013
RUGELEY
SLITTING MILL
Boundary stone on the south bank of Rising Brook, approximately 75 metres south east of Dutton's Pool
21-FEB-11
GV
II
A late C18/early C19 boundary stone.
DESCRIPTION:
Constructed of local stone, this boundary marker is positioned on the south side of Rising Brook. It is rectangular on plan with a rounded top. There are no markings or lettering, although the stone is roughly hewn and noticeably weathered, particularly on its broader, west face. The broader faces are oriented upstream and downstream. There is a diagonal fissure across the west face, which is also visible on parts of the south and east faces; probably caused by the creation of a hole in the centre of the east face. The marker forms a pair with another stone across the brook, although they face in different directions.
HISTORY:
The hamlet of Slitting Mill, near Rugeley, is named after the settlement's historic role in the nail making industry. Slitting mills and forges produced iron nails for the neighbouring ironworks in and around Cannock Chase. Iron bars were flattened, and then 'slit' into rods. The mill is known to have been in operation under Walter Chetwynd before 1646, and there is documented milling and forging taking place in the hamlet, formerly known as Stonehouse, in the C18 and C19. Boundary markers, constructed of stone, appear to have been placed along the Rugeley and Horton Parish border in the late C18/early C19. The boundary is, at least in part, defined by the watercourse known as Rising Brook. An embankment by the brook was created in 1809 by Thomas Hopkins and E. Barker. However, the markers are not shown on any known historic or modern maps. This stone is one of a pair that were placed either side of Rising Brook, to the south-east of Slitting Mill and Dutton's Pool.
SOURCES:
Midgley, LM (ed), A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 5: East Cuttlestone hundred, (1959)
Retrieved from British History Online: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53407
[Accessed 05/10/10]
Staffordshire Sites and Monuments Record: PRN Number: 53488 - MST17254 & PRN 04200 -MST3924
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
The boundary stone on the south bank of Rising Brook, approximately 75m south-east of Dutton's Pool, Slitting Mill, Rugeley, Staffordshire, of late-C18/ early-C19 date, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Intactness: it is a good example of a pre-1840 boundary stone, and stands in its original location
* Historic interest: it illustrates the administrative development of this rural industrial part of the West Midlands
* Group value: it has strong group value with another surviving boundary stone, on the opposite bank of Rising Brook
The boundary stone on the south bank of Rising Brook, approximately 75m south-east of Dutton's Pool, Slitting Mill, Rugeley, Staffordshire, of late C18/ early C19 date, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Intactness: it is a good example of a pre-1840 boundary stone, and stands in its original location
* Historic interest: it illustrates the administrative development of this rural industrial part of the West Midlands
* Group value: it has strong group value with another surviving boundary stone, on the opposite bank of Rising Brook
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