THE EDDISBURY HUNDRED, Anciently Written Riseton And

:190 EDDISBURY HUNDRED. THE EDDISBURY HUNDRED, anciently written Riseton and Roelau, is bounded on tbe north by the river Mersey, on the south by the hundred of Nantwich, on the east by the hundreds of Bucklow and Northwich, on the west by the hundred of Broxton, and at t.he extreme north west point by the hundred of Wirral. It contains an area of 90,000 acres, and in 1841 had 5,386 inhabited houses, 201 uninhabited, and 16 building, with a population of 28,510 souls, of whom 14,291 were males, and 14,219 females, at which time there were 7,306 males and 7,082 females under 20 years of age, and 6,986 males and 7,137 females were of the age of 20 years and upwards. This hundred is intersected by the London and North Western Railway, and the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway. The navigable river Weaver, which has its confluence with the Mersey at Weston Point, separates the hundred from that of Bucklow, from Northwich to Weston at the extreme north east point of the hundred. The soil in the Eddisbury hundred is to a considerable extent light and sandy. A strong tenacious clay is found in some parts, and in other places a fertile loam. Towards the middle and on the northern verge of the hund1·ed presents a. bold undulating district, and in some instances the hilla rise to a "Considerable elevation, from which most extensive and delightful prospects of the surrounding country are seen. THE FIRST DIVISION of the Eddisbury hundred contains the following parishes and townships, viz., Alpraham, :Ueeston, Bud worth Little, Bunbury, Calveley, Delamere, Darn hall, Eaton, Eddisbury, Haughton, Iddinshall, Kingswood, Marton, Oakmere, Onlton, Over, Peckforton, Ridley, Rushton, Spurstow, Tarporley, Tilz~tone Fearnall, Tiverton, Utkiuton, Wardle, Weaver, and Wettenhall. The SEcoND DIVISION contains Acton, Alvauley, Ashton, Barrow Great, Bridge Trafford, Bruen, Stapleford, Barton-by-Tarvin, Castle Northwich, Clotton-Hoofield, Crowton, Cudding ton-Dudden, Dunham-on-the-Hill, Elton, Frodsham, Hapsford, Hartford, Helsby, Hocken hull-Sta.pleford, Horton-cum-Peele, !nee, Kelsall, Kingsley, Manley, Mouldsworth, Newton by-Frodsham, Norley, Ouston, Tarvin-with Oscroft, Thornton-le-Moors, Wallerscote, Wea verham, Willington, Winnington, and Wimbolds-'Irafford. BARROW, GREAT, is a parish and small village, pleasantly situated on elevated ground, 5 miles E.N.E. from Chester, in the second division of the Eddisbury Huudred, and in the Great Bough ton Union. The parish c()ntains 2,915A. OB. 23P. of land, in some parts a str<mg clay soil, in other parts light and sandy, the greater part of which is elevated ground, .and the scenery is b('antifnlly picturesque and romantic, In 1841, there were 125 houses, -and 668 inhabitants. Population, in 1801, 501 ; in 1831, 678. Rateable value, £4,205 7s. ld. Gross estimated rental, .£4,591 4s. 6d. Lord Henry Hugh Cholmondeley is a consi -derable landowner and lord of the manor. The other principal I11.ndowners are Samuel Aldersey, Esq., Rev. John Clark, Mr. George Okell, Mr. Jaroes Okell, Mr. John Brock, Mr. .Joseph Brock, Mr. Thomas Okell, Mr. John Okell, James France France, Esq., and Mr. J. Caldecott. There are also seve:ral small freeholders. Barrow is noticed in Domesday bvok as being the property of William Fitz-Nigel, Baron of Halton. Thomas de Spencer had the, right of free Warren in Barrow, by a grant from Randle de Blundeville, and in the reign of Edward I., Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester, possessed the manor of Little Barrow, with twenty acres of land in Great Barrow, which he obtained ftom Richard Chamberlain. On the attainder of Hngh le Despencer. in the reign of King Edward Ill. That monarch gave Greo.t Barrow to Sir Roger de Rwynerton, and shortly after Little Barrow was arlded to the .gift. In the 38th of Edward Ill., Robert ~e Swynerton granted two parts of the manor .and the advowson of the Chapel, with the reversion of the third part to John Beck, rector of Checkley, aud John Heycock, chapl:J.in; but in the same year he re-grunted them to the said Robert. Maud, the daughter o.nd sole heiress of Sir Robert de Swynerton, brought :Barrow in marriage to her husband Sir John Savage, of Clifton, who was Knighted by King Jienry V. at the Battle of Agincourt. The Savages had formerly a seat heie, aud the manor continued vested in this family till the death of Richard, Earl Rivers, when in compliance with an act of the 7th George Ill., it passed to Lady Penelope Barry, daughter of the Earl ()f Barrymore, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Savage, sole heiress of Earl Rivera. This lady married James, second son of George, Earl Cholmondeley, in wbose descendant the manor is vow vested. .

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