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164 BOSLEY. CHESHIRE. (KELLY'S ' • • and reseated in 1878 and affords 250 sittings. The regis- tains 3,077 acres of land and 120 of water, all the property ters date from the· year 1728. T.he living is a: viea.rage, of the Earl of Harrington, who is lord of the manor. Rate .. gross yearly value £92, net £go, with 35 acres of glebe and able value, £4,885; th.e population in 1891 was 364. residence, in the gift of the vicar of Prestbury, and held Sexton and Clerk, Joseiph Cheetham. since l'891 by the Rev. George Edward. O'Brien M.A. of Post Office. Joseph Cheetbam, sub-postmaster. Letters Queen's College, Oxford. The Wesleyan school-room, arrive from Congleton at ·8.55 a.m.; dispatched thereto built in 1832, is also used for d~vine service. There is a at 5 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. charity of 30s. yearly for distribution in bibles; Dawson The nearest money. ordeT office is at Macclesfield. Bos- ~ and Thornley's, of £2 7s. 4d. for distribution in money ley Station is the nearest telegraph office and bible~s in Bosley and the neighbourhood and Roger Letter Box at Dane Mill clea!'ed .at 4.30 p.m · Holland's, of £5 yearly, due on St. Thomas' day, being a Railway Station, Herbert Capper Marlow, ~Station master charge on Hunter's Pool Farm at ;Mottram St. Andrew. National School (mixed), built with residence for the A fine sheet of water, covering 120 acres, is used as a master in 185·8 & is now (1896) bein~ .e-nlarged for go reservoir for the Macclesfield canal. The township con- ohildren ; average !llttendance, 66; Rd. Mather, master Ager Sergt.-Major Fnk. Old School ho Earlham Jn. blacksmitbi&wheelwright Rigby Joseph, farmer, Broad bak Attersley Mrs. Mortimer house Fallows Thomas,farmer,Lwr.Keys grn Riley William, wheelwright Heapy A. H. Boggin's hill GoodfeJ.low Jas. farmer, Hugh bridge Shaw Isaac, farmer, Primrose bank O'Brien Rev. George Edward M.A. Goodwin Thos. farmer, Morris green Simpson J. M. & Co. Limited, dairy. (vicar), Vicarage Hammond Rachael (Miss), farmer men, The Creamery Percival Miss, Mortimer house Heapy Arthur H. miller & baker, Skeen William, shopkeeper 'T'hompstone Francis R.Harrington ho Bosley Old Corn mill SkeHern John, farmer, Stye farm Lawton Thomas, Queen's Arms P.H. Slack George, farmer, Mill house COMM'EROLo\L. Malkin Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Slack Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, _Ager Sergt.-Major Frank, assistant Hollin's farm Higher Keys green overseer & clerk to parish council, Mason Leonard, farmer, Low.Minn end Slack Samuel, farmer, Ryles farm Old School house Mason Wilfred, fanner, Upr.Minn end Stubbs Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Arnold Peter, farmer, Lower house Massey Daniel, farmer, Swallow dale Tatton 1Villiam, farmer, Styles medw Bowyer Thos. frmr. Upton Fold farm Mayers William, farmer Thompstone FJ"as. R. & Sons, millers, Brindley Elizh.(Mrs.),farmer,Kiln hall Mitchell Ephraim, farmer, Turn ib.urst ·Dane mill -Bullock Alfred, farmer, Sour butts Morris Charles, Harrington Arms P.H Trueman James, farmer Casey William, farmer, Pye ash Moors William, farmer, Great oak Trueman Thomas, farmer Oheetham Joseph, postmaster&sexton Nadin Abraham, farmer, Swan's lake Wood Joseph, butcher Clayton Thos. farmer, Buhl Gate farm Pickford George, farmer Wooley Wm. farmer, Highfield house -Dale Charles, farmer, Chaff hall Rathbone John Geo. fanner, Stanifold • GREAT BOUGHTON is a village and township in the Vesey Brownlow C.B. and Lady Annie H. Brownlow, is an ·parish of St. Oswald, Chester, partly within the limits ancient mansion of the 17th century, with a good entrance . 0 f the municipal and parliamentary borough of Chester porch; the hall has a floor of polished oak and a fireplace and bounded on the north by the river Dee; it is r! miles surr01mded by Dutch tiloes, and bearing: the date 1655; south-east from the Cross, in the Eddisbury division of it has been in 1he possession of the Currie family since the county, lower division of the hundred of Broxton, the time of Henry VII. Mrs. Currie, of Eastbourne, is -union and county court district of Chester and petty ses- lady of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is . sional division of Chester Castle. During the Civil war loam; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are vegetables. The this village was the scene of several encounters between area is 719 acres; rateable value, £6,198 ; the population the Royalists and! Parliamentary forces; in 1644, Chester in r8gr was 739, including 49 officexs and inmates in 'being then besieged by the latter, a detachment of the Tarvin workhouse. garrison sallied forth to attack a Parliamentary force Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B, Express Delivery & Annuity k posted in tihe adjoining village of Ohristieton; the skirmish Insurance Office. Letters received from Chester arrive "began at Great Boughton, and after a severe struggle the about 8 a.m. &; 4 & 8 p.m.; dispatched at 5, 9.15 & n.r5 Parliamentarians retired, but about qo of the king's party a.m. &; 1 , 4, 6 & 9 p.m wer-e slain, most of them being citiz~ns of Chester. The . -whole of Great Boughton, illlCluding the hall, was burned Tarvin Union Workhouse, Rev. Wm. Rowley M.!. chap- down by the garrison of Chester in order to prevent the la:in; Wm. ChaT<les Waq;on L.R.C.IP.Edlin. medical enemY' from re-occupying it. Most of the land is culti- officer ; Hugh Atkinson, master; Mrs. iMiriam Atkinson, vated as market gardens, which furnish abundant supplies matron; Row land Willis, relieving officer to the Chester market. Boughton Hall, the property of The childl'en of this place attend the school at. Christleton :Mrs. Currie, and now (18g6) the ;r.esid'ence of Col. William. road, Chester adjutant 1st Cheshire & Carnarvon- Jones Thomas, shopkeeper PRIVATE RESIDENTS. shire Vol. Artillery), The Limes Law John, market gardener ·Bagg William, Belle view, Dee banks Wiseman John, The Poplars, Dee bnks Ledsham Samuel & Son,fruit growers; i 'Billing Mrs. Woodbank, Christleton rd . & florists, The Old Nurseries, Green Ilrockley Thos. Laburn11m cot.Dee bks COMMEROIAL. lane, Tarvin road & 19 to 23 stalls, Ilrownlow Colonel William Vesey O.B. Baker Thos.mrkt.grdnr.Christleton rd Market hall, Chester & Lady Annie H. Boughton hall Barker Robert, corn factor, Tarvin Ledsham John, market gardener, Ilordman Mrs. Belle view, Dee banks Bridge steam provender mills Christleton road Ilurley Mrs. Woodbank,C'hristleton rd Bewley Adelaide (Mrs.), market gar- Ledsham Samuel, market gardener Campbell Mrs. Vicar's Cross dener, Christleton road Muspratt Edward John, surveyor, Cotgreave James H. Dee banks Bewley Jn. mrkt. grdnr.Christleton rd South view, Dee banks Davies William, Dee banks Burton Austin, farmer & markt.grdnr Owen Charles James, collector of poor Fairlie Waiter Edward, Vicar's Cross Cheer Robert, White House P.H rates for Christleton,Picton & Great Fawcett Mrs. Heath ho.Ohristleton rd Chesworth Robert, market gardener, Boughton, also assessor of taxes for Grant Geo. Belmont ho. Dee banks Christleton road Great Boughton, assistant overseer Green Edwin, Ebenezer cottage Chesworth Thomas, market gardener, for Littleton & Mickle Trafford,road HasweU Jn.Edwd.Dee tower,Dee bnks Christleton road surveyor & sanitary inspector for Johnson Mrs. Sunny mount, Dee bnks Collins John, marine store dealer Chester rural district council, Rose Jones Mrs. South view, Dee banks Conway Joseph, storekeeper villa, Dee banks Kynnersley E. M. S. Boughton lodge Dodd William, market gardener Reeves Thomas, market gardener Lowe James Fox, Dee cot. Dee banks Gerrard John Hy. market gardener Richmond Charles, market gardener Marshall Arthur A. Carden villa Gerrard Miles, market gardener Rowdon Robert, market gardener Miller Lt.-Col. George Thos.Manor ho Gerrard Thomas, market gardener, Smith Harriet (Mrs.),market gardnr Muspratt Edward John, South view, Christleton road Smith Richd. Dixon, Boughton heath • Dee banks Hague Tom, Red House P.H Thomason Charues, commercial tra· Pierpoint Miss, Dee banks . Hewson John,cab propr.Christleton rd veller, 19 Tarvin road Read Coloneol Alfred, Kenwin Hughes George, market gardener Vaughan Joseph, market gardener Stretton Capt. Wm. de Courcy R.A. Jones Dvd.mrkt.gardnr.Christleton rd Wilkinson Edward, market gardener ' I .