DIRECTORY. J CHESHIRE. DARESBURY. 285 :Byrom esq. d. 7 Feb. 1833; as well as brasses to Gen. ing an income of £ss, which is applied by a body of Peter Heron, and Catherine, his wife, placed in 1804; governors in providing prizes for deserving children and tQ Mary (Claug'hton), first wife d. 4 Dec. r86r of in the Board schools, in accordance with a. recen* Sir Gilbert Greenall M.P. d. 1894 and th~ Yen. Richard scheme: the present building was erected in 1877 for- Greenall M.A. archdea<:on of Chester, d. 27 Nov. 1867: 205 children; average attendance, 205 ; John Wright, the church was restored under the direction of Messrs. master Paley and Austin, architects, of Lancaster, and cons~­ HATTON (near Warrington) is a township and villager crated 1870-2, and the sanctuary floor has since been relaid 2 miles south-east f!"()f]l :Moore station, on the London and with mosaic in memory of the Rev. Henry Taprell Clark North Western railway, and 4 south-west from Warring­ M.A. vicar here 1895 w rgor: the church affords soo t{)n. There are Wesleyr.m and Primitive Methodist chapels­ eivtings. The register dates from the year 1617. The Picton's charity of £1 r6s. 6d. is for calico. At .Pill Moss living is a vicarage, net yearly value, £240; in the gift is a spring which has been proved to cast up 9 gallons of cf Sir Gilbert Greenall 'hart. and held since 1901 by the water per minute, and its stream works three mills. Rev. 'Frederick Clifton-Smith M.A. of Trinity Hall, Cam­ James Parr esq. of Hatton, and Sir Gilbert Greenall hart_ bridge. Bennett's charity of £3 rgs. yearly value, is for are the chief liandowners, and there are also a few other distribution in bread; Mitis W'illiams's charity of £2 1ss. small proprietors. The soil is clay; the ..subsoil, sand and for the poor of Daresbury is inrvested with the Charity clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and potatoes. The Oommis-sioner>s; Hinton's charity of £3 7s. 6d. yearly has area is I,D.f9 acres; the rateable value, £2,268; the now lapsed; Betty Acton's charity of }.,2 ros. yearly is for population in 1901 was 319. coal for tthe poor of Moore; Hall lane charity of £3 7s. 6d. Letters through Warrington. Stretton is the nearest yearly; LMrs. Wood's Hatton charity of £16 os. 8d. yearly, money order & telegraph office, 1~ miles distant being the interest on £soo, is tfor coal and clothing for the Wall Letter Box cleared 13.t 6.30 p.m. week dCrewe­ subsoil red sandstone. The chief crops are wheat, oats, and Warrington section of the London and North Western barley and potatoes. The area of the township is 6o7 railway, and 4 east from Runoorn. The London and. acres; roteable va1ue, £1,500; t!he population in rgo1 was North Western and the joint :railway of that system with 153; population of partish 1901, .:r ,598. the Great Western, from 'Birkenhead through Chester tO' Parish Clerk, Thomas Houghton. Warrington and •Manchester, and the [Bridgwater Oana~ COUNTY ·MAGIISTRATES FOR DARESBL'RY PETTY undertaking of ·the !Manchester Ship Canal Company in­ SESSIONAL DIV1SIOX tersect this township. Sir Richard :Marcus Brooke hart. Parr Joseph ChJ.rlton esq. Grappenhall Heyes, Warring­ of Norton Priory, is lPreston brook, Wrrngtn and pot-atol:.'s-. The area is S28 acres; rateable value rs Cross Viscount G.C.B., G.C .. S.I., P.C., F.R.S. Eccleriggs, £3•577; the population in 1901 was 65. IBroughton-:in-Furne,ss Letters through Warrington The nearest post & money- Edelsten John Malin esq. Quernfield, Grappenhall, War­ order !&; telegraph ofiice & Runcorn; Dares bury station on the London and· Marson Charles esq. rog Sloane ,street, London SW North Western and Great Western joint lines is also in Monks Frederick esq. Walton Old ball, Warrington this township, and the Bridgewater Canal undertaking. Neild Henry esq. Greenbank, Higher Whitley, Northwich of the Manchester Ship Canal passes through. There is­ Parr Roger Charlton esq. B.A.Grappenhall Heyes,Wrrngtn a "\Vesleyan Methodist chapel, erected in 1812 and rebuilt Pierpoint Robert esq. M.P., ~LA.. St . .Ausrtins, Warringtnn in 1870. Mrs. Acton's charity of £3 yearly is for fueL Ridgway Ool. John Clare V.D. Grappenhall ldg. Obeshire Moore Hall is th~ residence of John White esq. J.P. and' Rudger George esq. Bridgelands, !Selkirk, N.B Moore House of Miss Milner. The Beeches is the­ Tal bo-t Arthur Hervey esq. Asian hall, Preston Brook, residence of William n .Brook' & 'Moore, 2 miles distant the residence of Albert E. Jones esq. is a mansion in the A School Board of 7 members was formed here 12 Feb. Scottish domestic .style, pleasantly situated in well-plante£1 1875 ; the board meets every first friday in the month; grounds. Mr.s. "Widdrington, of Newton Hall, Felton Charles E. Linaker, of Frodsham, clerk R.S.O. Norbhumberland, who is lady of the manor and' A Grammar School for boys was founded here 42 Eli1;. Sir Gilbert Greenall bart. are the chief landed proprierors, (1599-166o), by Richard Rider, of Preston Brook, the but there are u. few other small landowners. The soil is endowment, augmented by Thomas Brooke esq. of Wal­ sandy; the subsoil is clay. The chief crops are wheat, ton & by contributions from the various townships oats, barley and ~tatoes. The area is 785 acres; the of the parish, with other money, eventually amounted rateable value, £1,743; the population in 1901 was r6g. to £ r6o, which sum, according to the will of the donors, Letters through Preston Brook, which is the nearest was at first lent out & the interest paid annually to the money order & telegraph office & savings bank, one churchwardens & trustees, one of whom was appointed mile distant for each township, but it has since been invested in PRESTON-0'-TH'-HILL is a. township and village, IJ>a. 3r. 1gp. m land & ~10me houses, now (rgo1) produc- including Preston Brook,. on the high road from Cheswr • •