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Several bequests left for the benefit of the poor, amounting in the whole to £126 l3s. 4d., are noticed in the Parliamentary returns of 1786. This money had been lent out to various individuals, at a certain rate of interest, and the Rev, Mr. Taylor, a former rector of this parish, called in £113, all he could get, and invested the amount in the Three per Cent, • Consols, the dividends of which are distributed on St. Stephen's day • Belcher Eliz. vict. Talbot, & Hastings Saml. blacksmith Ludlow Ellen, butcher Post Office receiving house Hugbes Thomas, mason Thomas Peter, joiner Brandt Rev Francis, Rectory J ones Thos. schoolmaster Mrs Elizabeth Davies William, wheelwright Mussel white ~rg. schlmistrs Wynne John, parish clerk Meredith Wm. Alfred, Thomas Eleanor Shopkeepers. Beerhouses. & maltster Clutton James Parker Mary Mullock J ames Shoemakers. W orton George Thomas John Parker Thomas Barlow Catherine Parsonage Samuel Meredith Charles Tailors. Farmers. Mary Worton Job Barton John Grindley Rt. The Hall Speed Hannah Wynne Joseph Parry Edmund

BUERTON is a small township, 5 miles S. by E. from . which contains 790 acres of land, 1 farm-house, 14 scattered cottages, and a population of 81 souls: popn~ Jation in 1801, 39. Rateable value, £964. In the reign of Edward I. Buerton was held by the family of Pulford by service of repairing the fortifications of Aldford Castle, or assisting in its defence. From the Pulfords this manor passed by female heirs to the Grosvenors, of Hulme; but in the reign of Edward IV., Agnes, daughter and coheiress of Robert Grosvenor, brought Buerton as her portion to Sir William Stanley, of Hooton, since which it has come into the possession of the Marquis of Westminster, who is now planting upwards of 100 acres ofland in the township. Harriet Weaver is the only resident farmer.

CHURTON by Aldford is a small township and village 7 miles S. f1·om Chester. contiguous to , which contains 553 acres of land, 48 houses, and 254 inhabitants; population in 180 I, 140; 1831, 238. Rateable value, £1052. The soil is mostly clay, with a mixture of sand. The Marquis of Westminster is the lord of the manor and th«.> principal owner. Mrs. Royle is also a proprietor. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel in the village. The township of Churton is within the manor of Farndon. DIBECTOBY.-Thos. Gaman, gent.; Mrs. Margaret Royle, Churton lodge; Moses Baker, beerhouse; Wm. Thomas, bla.cksmith; Jas. Nevitt, boot & shoemaker; Wm. Clubbe, joiner; Peter Randles and Eliz. Pinnington, shopkeepers; the following are Farmers, viz., James Baker, Rd. Brown, Jph. Hutchinson,Jph. Huxley, Sml. Lawrence, & Wm. Parker, the Grange.

EDGERLEY township, situated in the lower division of the Hundred of Broxton, contains 120 acres of land, 2 houses, and 12 inhabitants. This place in ancient times formed part of the great dependency of Coddington, which was formed of three Saxon manors. It belonged originally to the Montalts, then to the Botelers, of Wem, and was purchased from them by William Massie, The estates of this family were partitioned in the reign of Edward IV. when Edgerley was given to Mm·gan Ma.ssie, in whose descendants the manor was vested till about the end of the 17th Century, when a Mr. Smallwood purchased it. His descendant, Thos. Smallwood, sold it to the Ince family. Daniel Moore and Thomas Moore are the resident Farmers.

BURWARDSLEY is a township and chapelry in Bunbury parish in the Higher Division of the Broxton Hundred, 4~ miles S.S.W. from . The township contains 950 acres of land, mostly a mountainous district, commanding extensive and picturesque views of the surrounding country. In 1841, there were 93 houses and 458 inhabitants; population in 1801, 204; in 1831, 394. Rateable value, £585. A light sandy soil prevails in this township. 55 acres of Common land was enclosed in 1834. The principal landowners are, T. Crallan, Esq. John Hurlston Leche, Esq. John Tollemache, Esq., Rev. W. Vawdrey, SamuelAlderley, Esq., and Mr. John Cawley; the former is lord of the manor. There are also several' smaller