Peel Hall Tower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; The Pyle

In the civil parish of Horton Cum Peel. In the historic county of Cheshire (Modern Authority of Cheshire, 1974 county of Cheshire).

Peel Hall was a fine Jacobean mansion, described in 1610 as a 'dwellinge house with all housinge belonging to the same with the Hempyarde, Towre trees, Broome croft, Dove house, two gardens, two orchards, Pooles Panns and Connyes Hopyard'. Peel Hall was host to King William III in 1690 though by 1810 it had been reduced to farmhouse. An earlier hall with a medieval peel tower is known to have occupied the site. At an unknown date the Peel was demolished and the materials re-used in the construction of new buildings near the site of the present hall. (Revealing Cheshire's Past)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ49846975

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 68940
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 1902/1/1 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Journal Articles
  • Turner, R.C., 1986, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society Vol136 p27-37
    Wilshaw, E., 1983, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin 1-10. Vol9 p34
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Everson, Paul, 1986, RCHME: Peel Hall Survey