DIRECTORY. J . EIGH LEGH. 415

COMMERCIAL. Darlington John, farmer, Mos~ Ho. Cm Ransford Da,·id, blacksmith Arrowsmith Thomas, plumber Darlington Jsph. farmr.TheWoodlands Rtchard_;;on Alice (.\hs.), shopkeeper Barlow Charles, insurance agent Harris Chas. Wm. Lawton Arms P.H Rigby Samuel, carting contractor Beard John,hay & straw mer.Red Bull Jenkinson Harry, insurance agent IRoberts Jas. Edwin, agt. for the North Bibby David A.Mus.L.C.M. teacher of Kirkham Josiah, farmer, Lawton gate Staffs Railway Co. Red Bull wharf music, Holly villas · Massey Thomas, farmer Shuffiebotham Roger, farmer Bingharn John, insurance agent :\Iillward William Edward, builder &!Thornhill John T. farmer, Green frm Brereton Arth. Ernst. frmr. Hall frm contractDr 1 Turner George, shopkeeper Burgess William, farmer, Butt lane Mottram Arth. farmer, Lawton gate , Whitehead Wi!liam, Red Bull P.H Cartwright Charles, confectioner, Nunn Harry,assistant overseer & clerk Witter Charles Edwin, farmer Rectory cottages to parish council Wood ·wm. Hy. mineral water manfr Chadwick Jn. Wm. frmr. Bridge fnn Pooley Henry & Son Lim. engineers I' Woodfine Albert Edward, farmer. Crimes Jn. T. colliery agent.Holly vils Proudman John, farmer H:-tll o' Lee farm LEFTWICH, see . . , or High Leigh, is a township, scattered since I884 by the Rev. Henry Arthur Dillon Surridge village and chapelry in the civil parish of , ~LA. of Hertford College, Oxford. The only charity is 011 the high road between and Knntdord, one of £5 per annum left by John Hazelhurst for ~be which intersects the township, about 3 miles south hom village school. The ancient village stocks still remain. Hea.tley station on the Stockport and Warrir,gton section and a.re maintained in good preservation by Lient.-Col. of the London and North Western railway, 5 north-west Legh. High Legh Hall, the seat of Lieut.-Col. Hubert from station on the Cheshire Lines railwaY• Cornwall Legh J.P. is a fine mansion, Hected in 1782 and s! south-west from Altrincham, in the .Altrincham in place of an Elizabethan house, and contains man;y division of the county, petty sessional clil·isior. of Buck­ objects of art apd a magnificent collection of pictures low hundred, Bucklow union, county court district of by old masters; the mansion stands in a park of about Altrincham, rural deanery of Bowdon, archrleaconry of 120 acres. West Hall, the property of Lieut.-Col. Legh, . and diocese of . The ancient chapel io;; a mansion of red brick and rough cast, pleasantly of St. Mary, in the grounds of Lieut.-Col. Hubert Corn­ seated in grounds of about 6 acres, and is now occupied wall Legh, and erected in 158I, is a building of red by the Hon. John Edward Cross J.P. Lieut.-Col. Legh sandstone in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, navP, and Lord Egerton of Tatton are lords of the manor and aisles, west porch and a western turret with cupola, owners of nearly the whole township. A wave of isolated cont.aining one bell, originally dating horn 158o but gravel (an uncommon production in Cheshire) exist;~ recast in 1878: an elegant screen divides the na,·e anrl here, in which decomposed granite, rotten stone and chancel, and there are remains of pre-RefDI'mation fragments of coal are found. This township is a very painted glass; this is strictly the private chapel of the good cheese district; and oats, wheat and potatoes ar£" Legh family, ·but by permis~ion of Lt.-Col. Legh is open grown. The soil is clay and loam; subsoil, various; to the public: there are a bout 200 sittings: the Rev. the! area 1s 4,518 acres of la.nd and 2 of water; rnteablt• Ernest Harold Edwards M.A. of Merton College, Oxford. value, £B,sog; the population in I9II was 778. is private chaplain to Lient.-Col. Hnbert Cornwall Legh. Post, M. 0., T. & Telephone Call Office.-Henry Tun­ The register dates from 1884, but entries are made at stall, sub-postmaster. Letters received through Bostherne. St. John's church, erected in 1893. on the Knutsford arrive at 7 a.m. & 3.30 p.m. & dispatched aite of the ancient chapel, built- in 1408, is an edifice of at 9 a.m. & 6.50 p.m.; sundays, 10.40 a.m stone and black and white timber framing; in ~-\pril, Wall Letter Bo:xes.-Oak Tree cottage, Warl'ington road, 18gx, the former structure was destro) ed by fire, but cleared at 6.20 p.m.; Police Constabh's CJttag·e, cleared wa;; rebuilt and opened in 1893· The reg-ister for St. at 6 p.m.; Box at Lodge, cleared at 8.45 a.m. & 6.30 Jchn's dates only from the year r8I7; the t•arlier p.m.; sunday, IO.I'S a.m registers, if any, are lost, or formed part of those of Pnblic Elementary Sch'Ool (mixed), built in 1854 & Bostherne parish. The parchment license, dated 1408, rebuilt in 1899; it was endowed in 1799 by Joseph to Egerton Leigh, by William, bishop of Coventry and Hazlehurst esq. with £5 yearly, arising from a rent­ Lichfield, to build St. John's church, is held by th£" ReL charge on a fieid at Crowley, & will hold 194 child'l'en; F. A. D. Surridge. The living is a perpetual curacy, averag-e attendance, IIo; Wm. G. HauQ:bton, master ne~ yearly value £2oo, including 62 acres of glebe, in County Constabulary, Warrington road, Patrick Ga~ld, the gift of Lt.-Col. Hubert Cornwall Legh, and held in charge (Marked thus * rece:ve letters Cross Hon. John Edward J.P. agent Okell Hannah (Mrs.), farmer1 North through Broom Edge, , War­ to Lieut.-Col. Legh & to Egerton Wood Lane farm rington.) Legh esq. Estate office *P('rcivz I ~Tart ha (Mrs.), frmr.Kay la Da,,ie.<: William, farmer, Swinevard Perkin Arth. frmr. Sworton Heath fm Clare m ont E rnest A lex. Broom cot • Cross Hon. Jn. Edwd. J.P. West hall Lane farm Platt Jn. frmr. Northwood Hall frm Ed.ward~ Rev. Ernest Harold M.A. *Ford Arthur, farmer, Endfield lane Platt William, farmer, Broad oak (private chaplain to Lieut.-Col. Fry Alfred H. bailiff & foreman to Plumb William Henry, farmer, Ivy Hubert Cornwall Legb J .P) Lt.-Col. Hubert Cornwall Legh J.P House farm, Withers lane Falconer :Mrs. Park cottage Gibbon Hy. fam1er, Lime Tree farm Price Joseph, clerk & surveyor to the Legh Lieut.-Col. Hubert Cornwall Gleave Frederick Jn. smith, West la High Legh estates J .P. High Legh hall Hewitt James William, farmer, Shakeshaft Rd. farmer, Swineyard la Leicester-Warren Cuthbert J.P. The Whitley Brook farm Shaw Ellen(~Iiss). laundress, West la Hewitt Mary Alice (Mrs.), farmer, Simpson Harry, farmer, West lane Roode 1 Surridge Rev. Henry Arthur Dillon Mere Heys farm Smith Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Arley M.A. (perpetual curate) Hollan(l Geor~P, farmer, ~oss farn1 View farm Hollingworth George Scott, farmer, .Stelfox Edward, farmer, Moss farm COliliiERCIAL. Mowpen brow i Stringer J ane (Mrs.), farmer, Brook AtkinsonEdwd. whlwrght.Swineyard la Houghton Samuel Massey, farmer, 1 House farm Barlow William, threshing machine Swineyard hall Stringer Jonathan, frmr. Sink moss owner, Mowpen brow Jackson Samuel, brick & tile maker Sumner Geo. frmr. Dean's Green fm Bend John Thomas, head gamekeeper Jones Jsph. Hetbt. farmr. Lilac farm Tunstall Henry, sub-postmaster, col­ to Lient.-Col. Hubert Cornwall Jones William, farmer, Holly farm,, lect<>r of rates & taxes & clerk to Legh .T.P Withers lane I Parish Council & assistant overseer Bostock Wm. farmer, Northwood ho Lake Charles B. greyhound trainer 1 f~r Brooks Rob~>rt. farmer, Croft farm to Lient.-Col. Legh · Venables Benj. farmer, Haywood crt Brown Edwin & Sons, grocers & Burgess Jas. farmer. Kirkman's grn Frogball lane "Milling-ton, Altrincham) Ohallinor Wm. frmr. Little Moss frm Lf'igh William Needham, farmer, Wardell William, farmer, Beech tree,. Chapman Thomas, farmer, Agden rd. Hawthorn house. Northwich road Mowpen Brow (letters through Altrincham) Lloyd Chas. frmr.Birchell's Gorse fm 1 Worthington Harry, farmer, Wood­ *Chorlton Mary pirs.),frml'.Agden la Lloyd Thos. frmr. Badger's Croft fm 1 side farm *Chorlton Robert, farmer, Agden la Massev Daniel, farmer, Hobb"s hill Wri!!ht Albt. farmr. Crow's Nest frm Clark Fredk. farmer, Walnnt farm Massey Samuel, farmer, Sink moss I \Vri'!ht Ernes( farmer,Moss Hall frm Cook Henry, farmer, Lower Moss frm Merrill John, farmer, Old farm Wright Geo.Edmd. farmr.Leigh Oaks Cook John, farmer, West Hall farm :Vlerrill Thos. farmer, Park Gate frm Wright Henry, dairy farm Cook William, farmer, Bear's Paw Mitchell Mary (Mn.), dress maker, W"ight John, farmer, Swineyar-d, frm Cookp A. J. g-ardener to Lieut.-Col. Warring-ton road Wrig-ht John Henrv, farmer, Cro!'s Cornwall Legh Moss W1lham,• • farmer. Great Oak fm. Rnads & Boundarv• farms Cricket & Bowling Club (J. Price,sec) (letters through Lymm, Warrngtn) •