294 E.ALTON'. CHESHIRE. (KEu.y's Mary, once existing here, was founded in 1210 by William, Railway Station, No~on (L. & N. W. & G. W. joint rail- ,S'Ou (}f Nigel, constable o.f Chester, having been removed ways), Henry Hall Cooper, station master hither in II35 from Runcorn, where it was first estab· STOCKH.AM is a small township about ! miles sonth- lished; he endowed it with lands in the countie·s of Not- east from Runcorn, and one mile from Sutton Weaver tingham, Leicester and Oxford, which endowment his station on the Crewe and Runcorn section of the London son Roger confi1med and granted, amongst other privi· and North Western railway. The London and North leges, two deer out of his park at Halton every year upon Western branch railway from Warrington ro Chester and the Feast of the Assumption. Edward the Black Prince Birkenhead pa.sses throngh the township in a tunnel about was also a great benefactor to this priory; in the time of half a mile long. Oheshyre's charity amounts to £6 Henry VI. it was· raised to the rank o: an 'll!bbey: Sir yearly. Sir Richard Marcus Brook& bart. J.P. is lord of R. M. llrooke bart. J.P. is lord of the manor and sole the manor and principal landowner. The area is 33I landowner. The soil and the subsoil are clay; the. chie·f acres; the rateable value is [925; the population in 189t crops are wheat, oats and potatoes. The area is 2,2o8 was 47· acres of land, 27 of water and 64 of foreshore; rateable Letters from Halton via Runcorn; the former is the value, £7.094; the population in x8gi was 430. nearest money order & telegraph office Letters through Halton via Runcorn, which is the nearest CLIFTON (or Block Savage) is a small township, 2 money order office. Rnncorn & Preston Brook are the miles north-east from Frodsha.m and 2! -south from Run­ nearest telegraph offices corn, in Bucklow Iiundred. The Marquess of Cholmondefey Letters• for Moss Side from Warrington through Moore, is lord o·f th~ manor, and derives his title of Earl of · h · h & Rock Savage (both created 22 Nov. x8r5), from this place. whlC IS t e nsares.t money order te1 egraph office The soil and subsoil are clay; the chief crops are wheat Letters for Lower H~ndl~y Wood from Warrington via and potatoes. The area is 636 acres of land and 9 of Preston Brook, wh1ch 1s the nearest inO~ey order & water; rateable value, £ 4,ro]; the population in t8gz telegraph office . was 215 • Le.tters for Higher Hindley Wood from Halton, which is Letters through Runcorn; Halton is the nearest money the nearest money order & telegraph office order & telegraph office H.ALTON. Booth John Milnes, stationer ASTMOOR. PRIVATE RESIDEN:TS. Carruthers Willia:r;n Hodgson M.D. Ackerley John, farmer, Astmoor farm Ba.guley J oseph, Mothershed, Halton s~rg~on, & med1ca~ officer, Halton Finch J<,rederick, farmer, Haltongate .brook dlstriCt,Runcorn umo~,Halton house Finch John, jun. farmer, Marsh farm llrereton Miss, Rose cottage Cemetery (Albert Wood1er, clerk) Reynolds FrankWilliam & Son,tanners Boys William, Old Vicarage Clark Samuel, newsagent ~uckley Edward, Brook villa Cox Thomas, beer retailer NORTON. CaiTuthers William Hodgson M. D. Crute Eliza (Mrs.), medicine vendor Brooke Sir Richard Marcus hart. J.P. Halton house Finch Edward, farmer, Halton hill Norton Priory Chadwick Harold, Halton brook Gamon (John Henry) & Rowe (Hugh), Reynolds Henry J.P. Norton lodge Cox Mrs. Prospect terrace grocers & provision dealers, &c Cunningham William, Halton brook Garner John, bricklayer,Halton brook COMMERCI~L. Dodd Mrs. Old hall Grammar School (John Samuel .A.cton John, smith Gamon John Henry, Holt house Jeacock, master) Baguley Clement, farmer, M:anorfarm Gamon Miss, Sunnyside Greg·ory Thos. beer retailer,Halton rd Done John, farmer, Ford farm Gliddon Rev. Claude de Putron (Wes- Grice .Alexander, farmer, Halton ldge Evans Charles L. steward to Sir R. leyan), Hillside Haddock Benjamin, coal merchant M. Drooke hart. Norton Priory Harrison Samuel, Crowton house Howard John, blacksmith Finch John, farmer, Marsh gate Hazlehurst Mrs. Chas. Halton grange Humphreys Robert, assistant over- Fryer John, farmer, Walford farm Johnston John, The Mount seer for Norton & shopkeepet: Horton Jn. Hy. farn1er, Yew Tree frm Lee John, Prospect terrace Jones Elizh. (Mrs. ),grocer &:; prvsn.dlr Hort-on Thomas, farmer, Lodge farm McCulloch William, E;alton brook Jones Mart ha (Mrs.), beer retailer Lowe Thos. frmr. Lowr. Hindley wood Pritchard Joseph, Halton brook Leach John, grocer & beer retailer Morris Thos. farmr. Higher Moss side Salkeld .A.rthur, Pool dale Lightfoot Thomas, farmer Percival Chas. frmr.Hgr.Hindley wood Salkeld Francis William, Pool house Mozyneux Thomas, beer retailer Percival T~10s. farmer,LowerMoss sid~ Ward Thomas Newport John, boot maker Rigby George, head gamekeeper to Watkin Henry, The Rookery Nixon Wm. farmer, Malt Kiln farm Sir Richard Marcus Brooke hart Wray Rev. Geo. Daniel M.A. Vicarage Tomlinson Samuel, insurance agent Slater Edward, head gardener to Sir COliMEIWIAL. Walker Joseph, Castle hotel R. M. Brooke hart Acton George~ farmer, Pool farm Walker Joseph, farmer, Hallwood Ashley William, bricklayer Walton George, butcher STOCKHAM. Astbury Joseph, farmer, Prospect frm Ward Elizabeth Haspel (Miss), sta- Baguley J oseph, farmer Barker George, plumber · tioner, Post office Clarke Jas. farmer,Lower Green farm Barrow David, shopkeeper Watkins William, mechanical engineer Nixon Richard, farmer Barrow John, wheelwright & joiner Woodier .Albert, clerk to parish coun- Bate Mary (Miss), dress maker cil & 'assistant overseer, Hollybank CLIFTON OR ROCK S.AVAGE. Birch Charles, Norton Arms hotel; Wright Clara (Mi~s), private school, Griffiths William, farmer, Clifton hall . picnics & parties supplied, accom- Prospect terrace King John, bone manure works modation for cyclists, good stabling Wright Percy Robert, draper Rowland Samuel, shopkeeper & bowling green I Stokes Joseph, farmer HANDFORTH (or Handforth-cum-Bosden) is a town• quarter of a mile from the church, and :iJS' now I)Ccupied ship and village, with a. s-tation on the Manchester, Stock­ as a farmhouse ; over tJhe doorway, carved on an oak • port and Crewe branch of the London and North ·western beam, appears the following-" This haulle was buylded railway, zo! miles from Crewe, to! from Manchester, 5 in the yeare of Oure LQrd God mccccclxii. by Uryan llre:re· south-west from Stockport, r5! from Sandbach and 177~ ton knight whom maryed Margaret daughter and heare of from London. Handforth was formed into a district. Wyllyam Handforth o0f Handforth esq. who had mue 3 chapelry out of Handforth and Bosden, and other parts of sonnes and 2 daughters." Here are the extensive calico Cheadle parish x8 Dec. 1877, and is in the .Altrincham print works Df Messrs. William Wa.tson & Co. Limited, division of the county, al'.ld in the union, county court dis­ Ha.ndforth Print Works. Edward Thomas Cunli.tie e.sq t;rict and petty sessional divi~ion of Stockport, n:.ral Alexander Brooke esq. of London, and Capt. Street, ~ deanery of Stockport, archdeaconry of 1\Ia.cclesfield an(i l\Iottram, are the principal landowners. The soil is sandt diocese of Chesber. The church of St. Chad, formerly a the subsoil, clay ; the chief crops are grass. The area i;rs­ chapel of ease to Cheadle, and .erected in x837, is a. plain township, r,78o acres; Han<Uorth, r,303 .acres of land and etructnre Oif brick, consisting only of nave, with a western xo of water; rateable value,£7,529; the population in 189l tuiTet, containing a clock and one •bell: there are 2oo was ·township, 794; ecclesiastical parish, 897. sittings. The register dates from the );ear r843· The living is a vicarage, net yearly value [145, in the gift of BOSDE~ is a detached hamlet, zi miles south-south• the Rector of Cheadle, and held since 1895 by the Rev. east from Stockport and 5 frorn Handforth, and is severe<l Edgar Rogers Holland M . .A. 'O.f Pembroke. College, Oxford. from the rest of the >township by the township of B1-am· There is a Methodist New Connexion chapel, built in I85o, hall, and in the county court district of Stockport. The near the railway station, and a Wesleyan chapel in the area is 492 acres ; rateab~e value, £6,gs 1; the population Wi1mslow road. Handforth Hall, formerly a residence of in 1891 was 2,342. For the re5idents of Bosden, see Bram• the Breretons of Ashley and Drereton, ~tands about a hall and Hazel Grove. .