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Hardern Ann (Mrs.), frmr.Betcbtn.fm Salt Union I.im. qth division (Henry Hortou Robert, farmer & assistant! Hardern John, farmer Bebbington, mgr.), Malkin's bank overseer, house Hardern Thomas, farmer Thorley Charles, farmer Jones Harry, farmer, Day green Harding William, farmer Upton George, farmer, Manor house Jones Peter, farmer, Day green Harding Joseph, jun. farmer Lewis George, farmer Holland .Andrew, farmer, Day's green HASSALL. Lowe Samuel, farmer, School farm Holland John, miller (water), Lower Shef1eld Robert Morris Clement, frmr. Dunnock's fold Roughwood COMMERCIAL. Mountford Henry, farmer, The Grove Lakin Samuel, farmer Breeze J oseph, farmer SnPlson Edward, farmer, Has-sall ho Lea Rich!J,rd, farm er Cooper John, blacksmith Snelson William, farmer,Butchers bnk Leese Mrs-. boor retailer, Hassall grn Cooper Herbert, wheelwright St;mit~r Frederick, miller Lings William, farmer, Dean hill Dale William, farmer Thorley Ja.s. frmr. Walnut Tree frm ~ibbs J ames, farmer, Malkin's bank Edwards Sanil. frmr. Finger Post frm Tirnmis John (Mrs.), farmer Proudlove William, farmer, Dean hill Gorst John, grocer Yates Frederick, farmer, Hass:ill hall Shaw James, farmer, Lin house Hamlet Ralph, farmer

.BICKERTON is a township and parish, formed in BULKELEY is a township, 6 miles north-east from 1843 from the of Malpas, 2 miles south-.east Malpas, and 4 east from Broxton railway station, in the from Broxton station on the andt Whitchurch se<:­ Nantwich union and county court district. A :Mission tion of the London and North Western railway and 4 church was erected here in 1893, and there is also a north-by-east from Malpas. The parish is in the Ed­ Primitive Methodist chapel. The Marquess of Chol­ disbury division of the oounty, Broxton hundred and mondeley P.C. who is lord of the manor, and Richard petty sessional diviSJion, rural deanery of Malrms and Brassy esq. are the principal landowners. The area is a.rchdooconry and diooes~ of Chester. The townsillp is 956 acres; ratea,ble value, £1,809; the population in in the union and county C'Ourt djs·triot of .Niantwich. The r gor was 168. houses lie scattered on the base and aUong the sides of a Post Office.-James Boffey, sub-postm11ster. Letters ar­ lofty range of hills. The parish includes Bickerton, rive from Mrnlpas at 8.30 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. Cholmon­ Broxton, Bulkeley, Duckington, Egerton and Larkton. deley is the neare~ money order & telegraph office The church of the Holy Trinity, erected in 1843, is a Wall Let-ter Box cleared at 5.3o p.m. week days only pla.in building of stone consisting of chancel, nave, west porch .and a western tower containing one bell : the DUCKINGTON is a township in Whitchurch union, 4 church affords 180 sittings. The regtister dat.e>J from the miles north from Malpas and 2 .south from Broxton rail­ year 1844· The living is a vicarage, net yearly value wuy s!iation. W. W. Tyrwhitt-Drake esq. of Shardeloes, £270, with residence, in the gjft of W. ·w. Tyrwhitt­ Bueks, is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The Drake esq. and held since I 879 by the Rev. J arnes Mel­ area. is 671 acres; rateable value, £925; the population • ville Hall :M.A.. of Exeter College, Oxford, and surrogate. m 1901 "\\'