BUCKLOW HUNDRED. ings; the late Sir Peter Warburton, who was representative of the Winnington's sold it to • Samuel Egerton, Esq., of Tatton, in whose descendent, W. li:gerton, Esq., it sti11 continues. The Hall, an ancient moated residence, is now converted into a farm house. LITTLE WARFORD is a hamlet in this township, situated 4 miles E.S.E. from Knuts· ford, the inhabitants of which are exempt from paying to the highwuys, and from duty, but in all other respects is annexed to Marthall. This place was part of the ancient inheritance of the Mainwarings, Gilbert Lee, Esq., being possessed of this estate in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, conveyed it to John Millington and William Hough. Millington's moiety, iu 1666, passed to Millington Coulthurst; three-fourths of the estate was subsequently inherited by Samuel Holland, and is now the property of Peter Holland, Esq. Lord Stanley, Joshua Siddeley, Esq., and Richard Brooks, Esq., are also proprietors. Mr. William Mason's farm is a detached portion of the hamlet, surrouhded by the land in Marthall, and situated some distance from the rest of the hamlet. Thomas Ht~.rdy, in 1835, bequeathed £50 to the poor of the township of Marthall. The sum of £45 (less £5 legacy duty) is now in the Knutsford Savings Bank, also a further sum of £70 deposited in the same bank in trust for the poor, the source of which seems to be unknown. Those marked * are in Little Warford. •Brown Wm. farm bailiff to •Dale Samuel, blacksmith •Rawlins Thos. corn miller P. Holland Esq Hepworth Rev John W. curate Read J oseph, boot & shoemkr Cbadfield J obn, vi et., Egerton •Jennings John, wheelwright Tomlinson Thoma8, boot and Arms Orme William, gamekeeper 1 shoemaker Bmcegirdle William Hope John *Summer:field John Farmers. *Callwood James Mason James Taylor Thomas Acton Richard Cash Abraham Mason Joseph Walton Joseph Barrow Jane Hewitt Mary *Mason William Wilson John Leigh Bloor J oseph Hope Henry

MERE is a township and pleasant, little village, 2f miles N.W. by W. from Knntsford, on the turnpike-road from that town to Altrincham. The township comprises 2,450 arcres of land, of which Thomas John Langford Brooke, Esq., is lord of the manor nnd owner, with the e:teeption of about 40 acres, the property of Messrs. John and H('nry Long. In 18~:1, Mere contained 103 houses, and 588 inhabitants. Population, in 1801,498; in 1831,552. Rate­ able value, £3,464. The manor of Mere, after the Conquest, was held by Gilbert de Venables, Baron of Kinderton. It subsequently became the property of a family, which assumed the local name, and jthey continued here till 1652, when it was sold to Peter Brooke, Esq., ancestor of the present proprietor, who holds a court Baron for the manor. MERE HALL, built towards the close of the 17th century, is a brick building stuccoed, and smrounded with a fine park, containing 167 acres. It is now the occasional residence of the proprietor, Thomas John Langford Brooke, Esq. The NEw HALL situated about a quarter of a mile north, is a handsome mansion in tbe Elizabethan style. The structure is built of red brick, with free-stone facings, and was erected in 1834. It stands on a gentle accli­ vity, and is surrounded with ground beautifully deversified with lawns and sbrubberie!l, and in the front is a. magnificent sheet of water. The mansion has just been taken for a period of three year& by William Tatton Egerton, Esq., M.P. A neat School, with a residence for the teacher, has been lluilt by the Brooke family, and is now chiefly supported by the present proprietor of the Mere estate. A charge of one penny per week is ma.de for the children be]onging to the cottagers, About 50 boys and 41J girJs attend. Hoo GREEN is a hamlet at the north extremity of the township. Here there is a good Inn and Bowling Green. A Petty Sessions is bold here every month, usually the first Friday in the month. Hoo HEATH lies about a mile north east from Hoo Green. WINTERBOTTOM eonsists of several scattered farms on the western verge of the township. PoST O:r:rtCB AT 1\-IR. WILLIAM TuNTSTALL's, Gnoc~B, &c., Hoo GREEN,