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MORETON. Holland Thomas, farmer, Lodge farm Austin .!lfred, gamekeeper to Col. Sir .Ackers Mrs. New l\Ioreton hall . Laithwood James F.R.C. V.S. farmer W. G. Shakertey hart Breeze William Chamberlain, gardener Proudlove Henry, farmer, Top farm Cliff Jas. blacksmith,Pecklow smithy to Mrs. Ackers, Eastern house Yates George, farmer Ford John, farmer, Lightwood Buckley Thoma>', farmer, New road Yates Sarah (Mrs.) (exors. of), far- H~ll Joseph, farmer, Loachbrook Camplin Robert, farm bailiff to Mrs. mers, Wood farm H1ll Joseph, land agent to Col. Sir .Ackers, Home farm SOMERFORD. W. G. Shakerley

Egerton-Warburton Piers J.P. & Hon. Eaton George, farmer, Yew Tree farm Moore Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, .Antoinette Elizabeth, .Arley hall Foster George, shopkeeper & farmer Lower Feldy Green farm Toogood Rev. Joseph Hooker •l\:I.A. Garner Joseph H. farmer, The .Ashes Pennington Peter, cowkeeper (chaplain) Gerrard Jn. Edwin, farmer,.Arley moss Percival Chas. farmer, West Feldy f1m COMMERCIAL. Gerrard Wm. farmer, Stockley farm' Percival John, farmer, Gore farm Gough Owen, farmer, Whethall farm I Prescott John, miller (water), .Arley .Armstrong Jubn, farmer Hamman John, butcher mill Blackshaw John Thos. farmer, Pinfold Haspell Edwd. farmer, Nettlegate frm Prescott Richard, tarmer, New farm Cheshire (Earl of 's) Imperial Holland Samuel, cowkeeper Preston .Artbur, farmer, Hill Tup farm Yeomanry (0 Squadron; C-apt. Hu­ HornbyRd.frmr.& overseer,.Aston p&.rk Robinson Jsph.farmer,Hield House fm bert M. Wilson, commanding; Hulme James, farmer Rowlinson Thomas, farmer,East Feldy Lieut. R. R. B. Verdin, second in Jackson William, farmer Sherwin John, farmer, Kay's farm command; Squadron Sergt.-Major King Henry, private organist & choir Smith John, head gardener to Piers Hopper, drill instructor), .Arley master to Piers Egerton-Warburton Egerton-Warburton esq Clarke Thomas, hay cutter esq. J.P . .Arley Green Tickle Joseph, farmer, LiLley farm Cook Elizabeth (Mrs. ),frmr . .All Fours Lambert William (Mrs.), farmer, Tomkinson George, head gamekeepe:r Curbishley llumphrey, wheelwright Gravestone house to Piers Egerton-Warburton esq Edg-erley Clifford & Ernest, farmers, Lewis John, e~late joiner Walton William, farmer, The Kennels Guide post :\{iller William, far mrr, Crossfields

ASTON-BY-SUTTON is a parish, formed May 3, .A School Board of 7 members was formed on June z, 186r, from the paris~s. of Great Budworth and Runcorn, r87J, f01r the United District of .Aston-by-Sutton with and includes the townships of .Aston, Sutton, Weaver and Middleton Grange, .As ton Grange & Sutton Weaver; .As ton Grange, in the N orthwich division of the county, Charles E. Linaker, sen. , clerk to the board Bucklow hundred, Runcorn petty sessional division, Board School (mixed), for qo children; average at­ union and county court district, rurnl deanery of Prod­ tendance, roo; James Robinson. master sham and archdeaconry and dioce;;e of Chester. Aston-by-Sutton (including Middleton Grange) is a .AS TOX G RA~GE :is a small township in Runcorn township and village on the , about I~ parish, consisting of two farms, 5 miles from Runcorn. miles from Sutton Weaver station on the London and The acreage is 458 ; rateable value, £716; the popu­ North Western railway, and about the same distance lation in 1901 was 40. from Halton station on the London and North Western Letters through "\Varrington via Preston Brook, which and Great Western joint railways, 4~ south-east from is the nearest money order & telegraph office

Runcorn and 7 from Northwich. The church, supposed • to have been dedicated to St. Peter, is a plain building SUTTON WE.A. VER is a township and village in Run- of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, north and south corn parish, on the high road from to Cheste:r porches, and a western turret containing a clock and and on the river "\Veaver, 2 miles north-east from Frod­ one bell: there are mural monuments to the .Aston sham and 4~ south-east from Runcorn, with a station family of this place, knights and baronets, dating from on the London and North Western railway. Halton sta­ the year r6oo : the church affords 250 sittings. The tion, on the London and North Westem and Great ll"egister dates from the year 163 6. The living is a Western joint railways, is also in this township. There vicarage, net yearly value £r9o, in the gift of .Arthnr is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel here. .Arthur Hervey Hervey Talbot esq. J.P, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Talbot esq. of .Aston Hall, is lord of the manor and Charles Wray M . .A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. Bec­ chief landowner. The soil and the subsoil are clay. kett's charity oi1 [2 r8s. Bd. yearly is for fuel and cloth­ The chief crops are wheat, oats and potatoes. The. area ing; .Shaw & Hough's charity amounts to IIS. Bd. a is 1,189 acres of land, including 20 of wateT; rateabl~ year. .Aston Hall is the resndence of .Arr-thur Hervey Tal­ value, [7,165; the population in 1901 was 405. bot esq. J.P. and .Aston Lodge that of Mrs. Dickson. TherP Post Office. Miss .Ann Ormson, sub-postmistress. is no lord of the manor. The land belong!! to A.rthur Letters arrive from Warrington at 5.15 a.m. & 4 p.m.; Hervey Talbot esq. The chief crops are wheat, oats and despatched at 9-50 a.m. & 8. 25 p.m. The nearest potatoes. The soil is loamy; the subsoil is clay. The money order & teleg!1lph offices are at Frodsham area of the township is 1,386 acres of land and 22 of Bridge, Preston Brook & Halton, 2 miles distant water; rateable value of the township is the [5,232; Wall Pillar Box, .Aston Lane end, cleared at 7 a.m. & population in 1901 was 249, and of the parish 694· 8.20 p.m.; sundays, 8.20 Parish Clerk, John Illidge. Letters through Warrington via Preston Brook. Wall FRODSH.A~f RRIDGE is a small hamlet in SuttoD Letter Box cleared 6.45 a.m. & 6 p.m. week days 'Veaver township, on the hank of the Weaver, which only. Preston Brook is the nearest money order & divides Frodsham from this township. Here are steam telegraph office, 2 miles distant corn and oil cake mills and bone works.