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OCTOBER, 1857. INDEX TO POST OFFICE CHESHIRE DIRECTORY.
For Index to the Trades Directory, see page 407. The Court Directory will be found at page 265.
Page Page Pae'e Page Acton 5 Bickley, see Malpas 159 Caldy, see West Kirby... 130 Cotton Edmunds, see Acton, see Weaverham... .252 Bidston-cum-Ford 20 Calveley, see Bunbury 62 Christleton 92 Acton Grange,see Runcornl98 Billings green, see Rudhth.197 Capenhnrst, see yhotwiek.210 Cranage, see Sandbach. . .205 Adswood,«eeClieadl.Hulme 64 Birches, "AW Gt. Budworth 54!Ca]Msilioiiic, i>e«; Pnstln y.l91 Crew, see Farndon 117 Agd-n, see Malpas 159 Birkenhead 21 CaibKJok, ,eee Motiiain- Crewe 103 Agden, see Rostherne .... 195 Birtles, see Prestbury 1911 in-L^Eigdendale,/. 169 Crewe green 105 Alderley 7 Blackden, see Goostrey- Carden.) see Tilston 40 Ci'oss lanes, see MinshuU jUderley Superior or Over, cum-Barnshaw 120 Carnicham, sue S\vptteul]nr234 VeiTion 167 see Alderley 7 Blacon-cum-Crabwall.. .. 4G Carringtoii, sic Bowdon.. 48 Cross lanes, see Runcorn. .197 Alderley Nether, seeAlder- Blakenhall,5eeWybunbury261 Castle Noi-thwich, s(c (it. Cross street, see Sale 202 ley 7 Bollin Fee, see Wilmslow .256 Bud\voi'th_ 54 Croughton 106 Aldersey, see Coddington. 95 Bollington 46 Cauglmll, see Backford. .. 16 Crowley, see Gt. Budworth 54 Aldford 8 Bollington, see Rofctberne.195 Chadkirk, sec Romiley . .218 Crowton, see Weaverham .2.52 Allostock, see Great Bud- 53 Booth Lane Head, fee Chcadlc 63 Croxton, sec Middlewich .165 worth 53 Warmingham '2.J0 Cheadle Bulkcley, see Cuddington, see Malpas. .160 Allostock ,se(;^ LowerPtoTerl89 Bosden, see Stockport 217 Cheadle ". 63 Cuddington, «ecWeaverhm252 Alprahani, see Bunbuiy .. 60 Bosley 47 Cheadle Heath, sec Cuttleford, see Odd Rode .184 Alpraham grn-srcBunbury 60 Bostock, see Davenham. .106 Clheadle Hulnie 64 Daresbury, see Runcorn. .198 Alsager, see Barthomley.. 17 Bottoms, see Mottram-in- ClieadleHulme,.s'tY'Cheadle 63 Darnhall, »ee Whitegatc. .255 Altrincliaiu 8 Longdendale 169 riieadleMoseley,.sre Chdle. 63 Davenham 106 Alvanley, see Frodsham . .117 Bowdon 48 Checkley- cum - Wrinehill, Davenport, see Astbury .. 12 Anderton, see Great Bud- Bradtield Green, see Min- sec Wyl)unbury 261 Delamere 108 Avorth 53 sliull Vernon 167 Chelford, sec Prestbury.. .191 Disley, see Stockport 217 Antrobus, see Great Bud- Bradford, see Davenham.. 107 Chester 64 Disley Stanley 109 worth 54 Bradley, see Frodsham. . .118 Chidlow, see Malpas 160 Dodcott - cum - Wilksley, Apethorn, see ^Vemcth .. .253 Bradley, see JIalpas 159 Childcr Thornton, see see Audlem ,,.. 14 Appleton, sec Great Bud- Braraall f>\ Lastliam 113 Dodcott - cum -Wilkesley, worth 54 Bramhall 51 Cholmondeley, see Malpasl60 ,sv7'Wrenbury-cimi-Frth260 Arclid, see Sandbach 205 Bredbury, see Stockport. .217 Chohnondestone, .y^v Acton 5 Doddington, «('eWyhunbry261 Arnfield, *ee Tintwistle ..•^4-2 Brer<^foii-cHm-Snietliwick 51 Chorley 92 Doddleston 109 Arrow, see Woodcliurch. .'209 BridgcnuTc..sYY_'Wvbunbry.261 Chorley, see Wrenbury- Dodd's green, see Newhall 5 Ashley, see Altrincliani... 8 Bridge Tiatford .". 52 cum-Fritb *. .-260 Downs, see Sutton 232 Ashton, aee Tarvin •Jiiii Brighton, New 52 Cliorlton, sec Backford. .. 16 Drakelow hall,«ceRuncornl97 Ashtou-upon-Mersey .... 12 Brimstage, see Bromboro'. 53 Chorlton, see Malpas 160 Duckington, see Malpjis. .160 Astbury \'2 Brindley, see Acton 5 Cliorlton, see Wybmibury261 Duddon, see I'arvin 237 Astmore, see Runcorn... .198 Broadbottom,«eeMottram- Chowley, sec Coddington. 95 Dukhifield 109 Aston, see Newhall 5 in-Longdendale 169 Christleton !)2; Dunham Massey 112 Aston heath, see Newhall. 5 Broadheathj.st'cAltrincham 11 Church (;:oppenhall 93JDunham-o'-th'-Hill, sec Aston - by - Budworth, see Brom borough 53 Church Hulme, see Sand- Thornton-in-the-Moor8239 Great Budworth 54 Brookhouse Green, see bacli 2051 Dunham M'oodhouse, see Aston-l>y-.:'Utton,At'c Run- Smalhvood 210 • hurch Lawton 93| Bowdon 48 Corn 198 Broorahall, see ^^'renbury- Church Minshull 04' Dutton, see Gt. Budworth .55 Audlem 13 cum-Fiith 260 Church Shocklacli 2(1!M Earnshaw hall, «ee Rudhth]97 Austerson, see Acton .... 5 Broomhill, see Barrow. .. 16 Cliiirton, see Aldford 81 Eastham 113 Bache, or Bach 15 Broxton, see Jlalpas 159 Churton heath 94}Eaton 115 Backford 15 BruenS(apleford,»eeTarviii236 Churton heath or Bruera, j Eaton, see Davenham ... .106 Baddiley 16 BrueraChapelry,.steChur- i. see Aldford 8' Eaton, see Eccleston 115 Baddington, see Acton ... 5 ton Heath 94 Cliurton-by-Farndon 116; Eaton, see Tarporley 234 Bank, see Odd Rode 184 BucklowHill,weKnutsfrd.l31 Claughton 94|Ecckston 115 Bamshaw, see Goostrey- Budworth, Great 53 (illaughton - cum - Grangi-, Eddisbuiy, see Delamere.. 108 cum-Barnshaw 1'20 Budworth, Little 58 see Claughton '... 94: Eddleston, see Acton 5 Baniston, stf Woodchurch2.J9 Buerton, see Aldford 8 Clifte Lane, set' Lymm. .. 136 Edge, see Malpas 100 Barnton, see Great Bud Buerton, see Audlem 14 Clifton, see Runcorn 198' Edgerley, see Aldford 8 worth 54 Buglawton 59 Clive, see Middlewich 164 Egerton, see Malpas 160 Barrow 16 Bulkeley, see Malpas ... .160; Clotton Hoofield, see Tar- 1 Egi-emont 115 Barrows Green, see Mid- Bunbury 60 vin 2371 EUesmere port,seeEasthaml 14 dlewich 166 Burland, see Acton 5, Glutton, see Farndon 117, Elton, see Thornton-in- Bartherton, seeWybunbury 261 Burley Dam, see Audlem.. 14 Coddington 95 the-Moors 239 Barthomley 17 Burley Dam, see Newhall 5 i Comberbach, see Great Elton, see Warmingham . .250 Bartington, see Great Burton 63J Budworth 54 Ettiley heath, see Sandbch205 Budworth 54 Burtou-by-Tarvin,.seeTar- | Compstall, see AVenieth .. 253 Faddiley, see Acton 5 Barton, see Farndon 116 vin 236,Congleton 96 Farndon 116 Baaford, see Wybunbury .261 [ Burwardsley, see Bunbury 61 Coolc Pilate, see Acton... 6 Five Ashes, seeHough gi"n;125 Bebington 17 j Butley, see Prestbury 191 Coppenhall Moss, see Foulk Stapleford, see Mar Beeston, see Bunbury 60; Byley-cum-Yatehouse, see I Church Coppenhall 93 grave 237 Betchton 20 Middlewich 165 Corden, see Tilston 240 Four lane ends, see Bunbry 61 Bexton, see Toft 243| Caldecott, see Church | Cotton, see Middlewich . .166 Frankby, see West KirbylSO BickertoQ, see Malpas. . 159 Shocklach 209 ] CottonAbbots,see Christltn 92 Frodsham 117 A2 IV INDEX TO POST
Pap Page Page Page rritli, .set- Wrr nbury-cum- in Holmes Chapel, see Sand Low. .ilderlcy, see Alderley 7 No ?.Ian's Land,secStkprt.218 "i-ith '. .260 bach 505 Lower Kinuertou, see Norbui'y, see Marbury- isliam bridge, sqJf^ sHoole 124 Doddleston 109 cum-Quoisley 162 Ddsteim .^19 Jlooton 125 Lower Peovcr 188 Norbury, see Stockport . .217 Bsliam bridge, see Run lUtortoM-by-Malpas, see Lower Whitley, see Great Norley, see Frodsham... .117 toi-n 100 Tilston 2i0 Budworth 55 North' Egrcmont, see Tshaw, see Wilr.islow . .256 Horton-cum - Peele, see Lower Wilhington, see Egremont 110 iniace, see Stockport. . .217 Tarvin 2"^? Prestbury 191 Northen 180 iiatley, see Stockport Hough, see Wybunbury . .262 Lynn; Handley, see Prest Northenden 180 Etehells 232 Hough Green 12.J bury .' 191 Northen Etehells, see Gawsworth 119 Hoylakc, see West Kirby .130 Lymm 136 Northenden 180 Gayton, .9ee IIeswnll.l23&2G4 Hiill & Appleton, see Great xViacclesfield 138 North Rode,.«'ePrestbniy.l91 Gee cross, see Wernetli. . .253 Budwortli 54 Macclesfield Forest 158 Northwich 181 Godley, sec Mottrani-in- Hulrae, see JM'ddlewich. . .165 Macefen, ••'ce Malpas 160 Norton 18:3 Longdendale 169 ilulme Walfield, see Ast Malpas 159 Norton, see Runcorn 198 Golbourne Belleau, see bury 12 Manley, see Frodsham ... 117 Oakmere, see Delamere . .108 Tattenhall 238 Hulse, see GreatBudworth 54 Marbury,see Gt.Budworth 55 Occlestone,see Middlewichl65 Golbourne David, see Huiisterson,seeW'ybiinbry.262 Marbury-cuin-Quoisley . .1()2 Odd Rode 183 Handley 122 Huntington, sec Lea-cum- Marleston-cum-Laclie, see Ofierton, see Stockport . .217 Goostrey-cum-Barnshaw..l20 Newbold i;34 Hough green 125 Oldcaistle, see Malpas 160 Gorseley green,. Page Page Page Page Rudheath 197 Stamford Brdge,setBarrow 16 Toft 243 Whitegate 255 Rudheath, see Davenham. 106 Stanlow 216 Torkington, see Stockport.218 Whitley Inferior,see Great Runcorn 197 Stanthorne, see Davenhaml07 Ti-anuiere 243 Budworth 55 Rushton, see Tarporley . .2.35 Stapeley, sea Wybunbury .262 Tushingham -cum-Grind Whitley Lower, see Great Saighton, sec Lea-cum- , Stayley, see Mottram-in- ley, see Malpas 160 Budworth 55 Newbold 134' Longdendale 169 Twambrook, see Witton- Whitley Over, see Great Sale 202 Stockham, see Halton... .121 eum-Twambrook 258 Budworth 55 Saltersford, see Prestbury.191' Stockport 216 Twemlow, see Goostrey- Wh i tley S uperior,see G rcat Saltney green, see Hough | Stockport Etchell 232 cuui-Barnshaw 120 Budwortli 55 green 125 Stockton, see Malpas ... .1601 Tytiieringtn.see Prestburyl92 Wichalgh, see Malpas 160 Sandbach 204 Stockton Heath, see Great | Upper Alderley,sce Alderly 7 Wichaugh, see Malpas . . .160 Sandiway, see Weaverhara2.52 j Budworth 55 UpperBrighton,sceLiscardl36 Wigland, see Malpas ... .160 Sattei'sford,seeHolmsChpl»124 Stoke 232 Upton near Chester 249 Wilaston (part of), see Saughall Massie, .see Bids- j Stoke, see Acton 5 Upton or Overehurch 248 Wybunbury 262 'r ton-cum-Ford 20; Storeton, sec Bebington .. 18 Upton, .see Prestbury 192 Wildboarclough 256 Seacombe 208 Stretton, see Gt.Budworth 55 Utkinton, see Tarporley. .235 Wilderspool, see (ireat Seacombe, see Wallasey. .249 Stretton, see Tilston 240 Wade's green, see Church Budworth 55 Seven Oaks, see Great Stublach, see Middlewich .165 Minshull 94 Wilksley, see Audlem 14 Budworth 55 Styal 232 Walgerton, .see Wybunbury 262 Willaston, see Gt. Neston.177 Sharston green, see North Sutton 232 Wallasey 249 Willinoton 256 enden 180! Sutton, see Middlewich . .165 Wallerscote, see"\yeavi-ham242 Wilmslow 2.56 Shavington- cum - Gresty, Sutton Guilden 121 Waltn.( Highr.)see Runcrnl99 Wimbersly.see Middlewichl65 see Wybunbury 262 Sutton -juxta - Frodsham, Walton (Inferior), see Wimbolds Trafford, see Shawmoor, see Mottram- |I see Runcorn 199 Runcorn 199 Thornton in-the-Moors239 in-Longdendale 169 Swanlow, see Over 185 Walton(Lowr.),seeRuncrnl99 Wimbolds]ey,seeMiddlwchl65 Shipbrook, see Davenhaml07|jSwettenha m 233 Walton (Superior), sec Wincham,seeGt.Budworth 55 Shocklach (Church) 2091j Tabley Over or Superior, Runcorn 199 Wincle 257 Shocklach Oviatt, see see Rostherne 196 Warburton 250 Winnington,seeGt.Budwth 56 Church Shocklach 209 I Tabley Inferior, see Great Wardhull, see Bunbury .. 01 Winsford 253 Shotwick 209 Budworth 55 Wardle, see Bunbury .... 61 Wistaston 2.57 Shotwick park 210 Tarporley 234 Warmingham 2.!>0 Witton-cum-Twambrook .2-58 Shurlach (Lower), sec jjTarvi n 236 Water.si(Ie,seeDisleyStanlyl09 Woodbank, see Shotwick .210 Davenham 107 Tattenhall 238 Waverton 251 Woodchurch 259 Shurlach(Up.)see Davnhml071 Tatton, see Rostherne 196 Weaver, see IMiddlewich. .165 Woodcott, see Wrenbury- Siddington, see Prestbury 192;jTaxa l 239 Weaverham 252 cum-Frith 260 Sinderland, see Bowdon .. 48''Tetton , see Warmingham .250 Weever, see Middlewich. .165 Woodhead or Longendale, Smallwood 210 Thelwall, see Runcorn 199 Werneth 253 see Tintwistle 242 Smethwick, see Brereton.. 51 ' Thingwall, see Woodchurcb2.59 Wervin 253 Woodhouses, see Bowdon. 48 Snelson, see Over Peover .189 1 Thornton Hough,see Great West Heath, see Astbury. 13 Woodhouses,see FrodshamllS Somerford, see Astbury .. 13 I Neston 177 West Kirby 130 Woodside, see Over 185 Somerford Booths, see |Thornton-iu-tlie-Moors. .239 Weston, see Runcorn ... .199 Worleston, see Acton 5 Astbury 13 Threapwood 240 Weston Point, see Runcornl99 Worth, see Poynton 190 Sound, seeWrcnbuiy-cum- Thurstaston 240 VV'ettenhall, see Over ... .185 Wrnnbury-cum-Frith 260 Frith 200 Tilston 240 Whaley 264 ^Vrinellill see Checkley- Spital Boughton, see Great TilstonFearnall,seeBunbry. 61 Wharton 2-53 cum-Wrinehill 261 Boughton 47 I Timperley 241 Whatcroft, see Davenhaml06 Wybunbury 261 Sproston, see Middlemch .165 JTintwistle 242 Wheelock 2-55 Yatehouse,see Byley-cum- Spurstow, see Bunbury .. 61 I Titley, see Audlem 14 Wheelock, see Sandbach. .205 Yatehouse, Middlewich .165 Stalybridge 211 j Tiverton, see Bunbury. .. 61 Whitby, see Eastham 114 Yeardsley-cuin-Whaley. .264 INDEX TO COMMERCIAL PROSPECTUSES. Banks. London & Westminster Bank. 409 I Western Bank of London 409 Insurance Companies. City of London 410; General Reversionary & Mutual 410 Royal Farmers' Agricul Crown 411' Investment Co 413 National Alliance 417 tural & Commercial... .419 De&mder 411 Imperial Life 414 National Provident 418 Scottish Provincial 419 Eagle 412 Law Life 414 Protector 415 Union Assurance 420 Equity & Law Life 412| London Life 415 Reliance 3Iutual 410 AVestminster & General. 421 Great Britain 413 Minerva 416 Royal Exchange 418, Commereial. Agricultural implement maker Wm. Wood 440 Gun maker Reilly 434 Ale brewers Salt & Co. 432 Gutta Percha Company 425 Asphalte felt manufacturers Croggon & Co. 422 Homoeopathic chemist Edward Thomas 437 Booksellers & stationei-s H. Smith & Co, 430 Horticultural builders John '\\'eeks & Co. 432 Brassfounders & finishers Dyson & Co. 438 Hotel Sam's 434 Building News, The • • • 440 Ink manufacturer Henrv Stephens 431 Carpet warehouse W. Cardinal & Co. 433 Iron works Wrigh't & North 440 Carriage & harness makers Pearcc & Countze 426 Ironmongers Hart & Son 441 Ciiemist J- I'arrer 438 Ironmonger Samuel Hawkins 427 Chemist Robert Barker 436 Looking glass manufacturer Nosotti 429 China & glass dealer John W. Sharpus 430 Musical instrument & string maker Thos. Dawkins 434 435 Needle manufacturer Abel Morrall 439 Coach builders Cope & Pass 439 Coal merchant Samuel Stock Newspaper Cheshire Observer 436 435 Passport agent W. J. Adams 423 Concertina makers Wheatstone & Co. 420 (Conservative Land Society • , • Perfumers Rowland &c Sons 430 442 Pianofort^j makere Nutting, Addison & Co. 429 Directory offices K<'l'y -^' *-o- 428 Engineers Clark & Co. Post Office Directory Offices Kelly & Co. 442 437 Seedsmen & nurserymen .Tames Dickson & Sons 43;j Engineers -lohn M. Dunlop & ( o. 427 Expanding table manufacturer Samuel Hawkins Waxwork exhibition Tussaud & Sons 433 439 Window blind manufacturer Daniel Greenwood 438 Fnrn Hill school George Rushby 428 French polisher James Slipper 431 Zinc & galvanized iron works. ., Mark Berry 424 Glass ^ gla^ shade manufncti-s. . .Claudet & Houghton LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL SEATS IN CHESHIRE, With Reference to the Places under which they will be found in this Volume. Page Page Abbot's Moss, Colonel the Hon. Thomas Granville Chol Hartford lodge, Thomas Firth, esq. see Hartford 122 mondeley, see Marton 164 Hartford manor, Cecil de Trafford, esq. see Hartford .. 122 Agden hall, T. S. Bazley, esq. see Agden, Rostherne .. 195 Hartford manor, Augustus de Trafford, esq. see Hartford 122 Alderley park. Right Hon. Lord Stanley, see Alderley . 7 Hatherton house, Samuel Acton, esq. see Hatherton .. 262 Aldersey hall, T. Aldersey, esq. .see Aldersey 95 Henbury hall, Edward Marsland, esq. J.P. see Henbury 123 Appleton hall, T. Lyon, esq. see Stockton Heath .54 High Legh hall, William ; Entwistle, esq. see High Arley hall, R. E. E. Warburton, esq. see Gt. Budworth 53 Leigh, Rostherne 196 Ashfield hall, Claude Macfic, esq. see Leighton, Great Holyng-worthe hall, Robert de Holyngworthe, esq. J.P. Neston 177 see Hollingworth 123 Astle hall, John Dixon, esq. see Chelford, Prestbury .. 191 Hoofield hall, J. Tollemache, esq. see Clotton, Hoofield 237 Bache hall, Robert Broadhurst Hill, esq. see Bache .. 15 Hough hall, Robert Green Hill, sen. esq. see Hough .. 262 Backford hall, Edward Holt Glegg, esq. see Backford . 15 Hurdsfield house, JohnBrocklehurst, esq.M.P.seellrdsfld 125 Bi'ecliwood, George Cliarnley Dewhurst, esq. see Lymm 136 Incehall, Edmund Waldegrave Park Yates, esq. see Ince 129 Belmont, Mrs. Leigh, see fireat Budworth 53 Jodrell hall, Egerton Leigh, esq. J.P. see Twemlow, Birtles hall, Thos. Hibbert, esq. see Birtles, Prestbui'y 191 Goostrey-cum-Barnshaw 120 Blackwood hall, Hugh Craig, esq. see Leighton, Great Lawton hall, C. B. Lawton, esq. see Church Lawton .. 93 Neston 177 Lee hall, Robert Hervey, esq. see Mottram St. Andrew, Bolesworth castle, — Mackenzie, esq. see- Broxton, Prestbury 191 Malpas 159 Leftwich Old hall, Thomas Dean, esq. see Leftwich 134 Bonis hall, Rt. Hon. Lord Erskine,.see Butley, Prestbury 191 Leighton hall, David Chalmers, esq. M.D. see Leighton, Bostock hall, Jas. France France, esq. see Davenham.. 106 Great ISeston 177 Bramhall hall,Lieut.-Col.W.D.Davenport,see Bramhall 51 Littleton hall, Thomas Dixon, esq. ,vee Littleton 93 Brereton hall, A. C. Howard, esq. see Brereton 51 Lyme hall, Thos. Legh, esq..vceLyme Handley,Prestbury 191 Brockhuist hall, Wm. AA'orthington, esq. see Leftwich 134 Manor house, Samuel Burley, esq. see Thornton Hough, Bromborough hall, R. Rankin, esq. see Bromborough .. .53 Great Neston 177 Buglawton hall, S. Pearson, esq. J.P. see Buglawton .. 60 Manor house, William Roylance Court, esq. see Newton 179 Burton hall, R. Congieve, esq. see Burton 63 Marbury hall, D. H. C. Poole, esq. see Marbury-cum- Butley hall,Wm.Brocklehurst,esq.see Butley, Prestbury 191 Quoisley 162 Calveley hall, Flarl Grosvenor, see Bunbury 61 ^Marbuiy hall, Mrs. Smith Barry, see Maibury 55 Capesthorne hall, Arthur Henry Davenport, esq. see Marple hall, Thomas Isherwood, esq. see Marple 163 Capesthome, Prestbury 191 Mobberley Old hall. Rev. George Mallory, M.A. see Cassia lodge, Edwd. Lister, esq. see Abbots Moss, Marton 164 Mobberley 168 Cholmondeley castle. Marquis of Cholmondeley, see Mollington hall, John Feilden, esq. see Gt. Mollington.. 16 Cholmondeley, Malpas 160 Moreton hall, Geo. Holland Ackers, esq. see Moreton- Chorlton hall, James Wickstead Swan, esq. see Chorlton 16 cum-Alcumlow 13 Chorlton hall, T. C. Glutton, esq. see Chorlton, Malpas 160 Moston hall, Richard Massey, esq. see Moston 169 C^live house, Thomas Swanwick Bradbury, esq. .see Mottram hall. Rev. Henry Wright, see Mottram St. Clive, Middlewich 165 Andrew, Prestbury 191 Corabermere abbey. Field Marshal the Right Hon. New hall, T. J. L. Brooke, esq. see Mere, Rostherne .. 196 Viscnt. Combei-mere, G.c.B.seeDodcott-cum-Wilksley 14 Newton lodge, James Blackwell, esq. see Newton 179 Cranage hall, L. Armistead, esq. see Cranage, Sandbach 205 Newton hall, Mrs. Shaw, see Mobberley 168 Crewe hall. Lord Crewe, see Crewe 103 Norbury Booths hall, Peter Legh, esq. M.A., J.P. Cuddington hall, G.Brassey, esq. see Cuddington, Malpas 160 see Knutsford 131 Cuddington lodge, W. F. H. Clark, esq. .see Cudding Norclitfe hall, R. H. Gregg, esq. see Styall 232 ton, Malpas 160 Norfield hall, Edward Loyd, esq. see MinghuU Vernon 167 Dale Fords, Captain White, see Marton 164 Norton priory. Sir Richard Brookes, bart. see Norton 183 Daresbury hall, C. Buxton, esq. see Daresbury, Runcorn 198 Old hall, George Woodhead, esq. see Hollingworth 123 Davenham hall, Jolm Hosken Harper, esq. J.P. see Old hall, J. Peel, esq. see Sale 202 Shipbrook, Davenham 107 Oldfield hall, Mrs. Elizabeth Lloyd, see Oldfield 184 Davenport hall, Mrs. Tipping, see Davenport 12 Oughtrington hall, T. Trafford, esq. see Lymm 136 Den hall, Charles Stanley, esq. see Ness, Gt. Neston .. 177 Oulton hall. Sir P. de Malpas Grey Egerton, bart. M.P. Doddington hall, Henry Akroyd, esq. see Doddington . 261 see Little Budworth 59 Dorfold hall, Mrs. Tomkinson & W. Tolemache, esq. Overton hall, T. Taylor, esq. see Overton, Malpas 160 see Acton 5 Peckforton castle, JohnTollemache,esq.Ji.p.seePeckforton 61 Eaton hall, GibbsCrawford Antrobus, esq. J.P.seeEaton 115 Peover hall, Harry Mainwaring, esq. see Over Peover.. 189 Edge hall. Rev. J. Y. Dod, see Edge, Malpas 160 Pickering lodge, J. Skelton, esq. see Timperley 241 Erwood hall, S. Grimshaw, esq. see Taxal 239 Pole, the. Rev. G. Eaton, M.A. sec Antrobus 54 Grappenhall hall, Mrs. GreenaJl, see Grappenhall 121 Poole hall. Sir Chas. Cuyler, bart. see Acton 5 Hartford grange, William Todd Naylor, esq. seeHartford 122 Pott hall,GeorgeSwindles,e8q.seePottShrigley, Prestbury 192 Hartford hall, Clifford Firth, esq. see Hartford 122 Pownall hall, Hugh Shaw, esq. see Morley 168 Hartford hill house, Chas. Aikin Holland,esq.5eeHartford 122 Ravenscroft hall, Elkanah Moss, esq. see Ravenscroft, Hartford house, Frederick Hand Firth, esq. see Hartford 122 Middlewich . r , I65 NAMES OF THE ACTING MAGISTRATES FOR THE COUNTY. Vll Page Page Puddington hall, G. Glen, esq. see Puddington 63 Thornycroft hall. Rev. John Thornycroft, J.P. see Reesheath hall, Henry Leader, esq. see "Worleston.... 5 Siddington, Prestbury 192 Bode hall, Handle Wilbraham, sen. esq. J.P. see Odd Rode 184 Twemlow hall, Thomas Booth, esq. see Twemlow, Rowton hall, Mra. Currey, see Rowton 93 Goostrey-cum-Barnsliaw 120 Sde lodge, E. Haworth, esq. see Sale 202 Wallasey castle, Sir E. Cust, see Wallasey 249 Shrigley hall, Rev. Brabazon Lowther, see PottShrigley, Walton iiall, Gilbert Greenall,esq. see Walton, Runcorn 199 Prestbury 192 West hall, Major E. Leigh, .see High Leigh, Rostherne 196 Somerford Booths hall, Clement Swetenham, esq. see Whatcroft hall, Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley, esq. j.p. Somerford 13 see Davenham 106 Somerford park. Sir Chas. Peter Shakerley, bart. see Wincharahall, L. P. Townsliend, esq. J.P. see Wincbara .55 Somerford , 13 Wistaston hall, E. D. Broughton, esq. see Wistaston.. 257 Stapeley house, Rev. James FoUiott, see Stapeley 262 Withenshaw hall, Thos. Wm. Tatton, esq.see Northenden 180 Statham lodge, William Hosken Harper, esq. see Lymm 136 Withenshaw hall, T. W. Tatton, esq. see Sale 202 Tabley house, Lord de Tabley, see Nether Tabley .55 Withington hall, John B. Clegg, esq. seeOld Withmgton, Tatton hall, W. Egerton, esq. see Tatton, Rostherne .. 196 Prestbury 191 The Beach, Thomas Horatio Marshall, esq. see Hartford 122 Witton house, Miss Yates, see Witton-cum-Twambrook 258 The Elms, Mrs. Stubbs, see Acton Grange, Runcora .. 198 Woodlands, James Royds, esq. see Hartford 122 The Heys, Thomas Parr, esq. see Grappenhall 121 Worleston grange, Horatio Behrena, esq. see Worleston 5 Thelwall hall, J. Nicholson, esq. see Thelwall, Runcorn 199 Wrenburyhall, Major Starkey, seeWrenbury-cum-Frith 260 THE NAMES OF THE ACTING MAGISTKATES FOR THE COUNTY. THE MOST HON. RICHARD MARQUESS OF WESTMINSTER, GUSTOS ROTULORUM. BROXTON HUNDRED. Cotton the Hon. Wellington Henry Stapleton, Cherry hill, Dod John Whitehall, esq. M.P. Cloyerley, Whitchurch Malpas Ince Townsend, e,sq. Christleton, Chester Kenyon the Hon. Edward, Chorlton lodge, Malpas Leche John Hurleston, esq. Cardeil hall, Chester Walker Sir Edward Samuel, knt. Berry hill, Mansfield, Orton Robert Bulkeley, esq. Tattenhall Nottingham Potts Charles, esq. Chester Cotton Charles Robert, esq. Broughton hall, Worthenbury, Temple Robert Griffiths, esq. Lache, Chester Wrexham Williams John, esq. Bank, Chester Glutton Thomas Chorlton, esq. Chorlton, Malpas Grosvenor Earl, Calveley hall, Nantwich Dixon Thomas, esq. Littleton, Chester Ewart Peter, esq. Hoole, Chester BUCKLOW HUNDRED, DARESBURY DIVISION. Brooke Sir Richard, bart. Norton priory, Halton, Runcorn Johnson John, esq. Bank house, Runcorn Brooke Richard, esq. Norton priory, Halton, Runcorn Legh Rev. Peter, Lyme park, Macclesfield Greenall Gilbert, esq. M.P. Higher Walton hall, War Lyon Thomas, esq. Appleton hall, Warrington rington Lyon Thomas, jun. esq Harper William Hosken, esq. Statham lodge, Lymm, Lyon Thomas Henry, esq. Apple'''""., T/arriugton Warrington Parr Thomas, esq. Grappe-LUir, Warrington Weddrington Shallcross Fitzherbert, esq. Newton bank, Stubs Joseph, esq. Park place, Frodsham Preston brook White way Philip, esq. Runcorn BUCKLOW HUNDRED, EASTERN DIVISION. Tabley Lord de, Tabley house, Knutsford Leigh Egerton, jun. esq. West hall, High t.eigh, Knutsford Kaye Sir John Lister Lister, bart. 54 Portland pi. London Mainwaring Harry, esq. Peover, Knutsforfi Mainwaring Sir Harry Mainwaring, bart Neild William, esq. High Lawn, near Altrincham Egerton WUliam Tatton, esq. M.P. Mere hall, Knutsford Sowerby Rev. Charles Backhouse, Ashton upon Mersey^j Egerton Charles Randle, esq Altrincham Faster John Frederick, esq. Manchester Townshend Lee Porcher, esq. Wincham, Knutsford Haworth Edmund, esq. Sale lodge, Stretford, Manchester Trafford Trafford, esq.Oughtrington hall,Lymm,Warrington Joynson Edward, esq. the Downs, Altrincham Warburton Rowland Eyles Egertbh, esq. Arley, Northwich Legh George Cornwall, esq. M.P. High Legh, Knutsford Stanton James, esq. Thelwall, Warrington Leigh Egerton, esq. Jodrell hall, Knutsford Egerton Wilbraham, esq. Mere hall, Knutsford EDDISBURY HUNDRED. Delamere Lord, Vale Royal, Northwich Egerton Rev. John Cholmondeley the Hon. Thomas Grenville, Vale Royal, Jesse John, esq Northwich , . , Lowten Thomas Lowten, esq Lascelles the Hon. Arthur, Norley bank, Northwich Tollemache John, esq. M.P. Peckforton castle, Tarporley Egerton Sir Philip de Malpas Grey, bart. M.P. Oulton park, Tomkinson William, esq. Willington, Kelsall Tarporley Wilbraham George Fortescue, esq. Delamere house, North Atkinson William, esq. Ashton Hayes, Kelsall wich Corbett Edwin, esq. Tilstone lodge, Tarporley Woodhouse Samuel, esq. Norley hall, Northwich MACCLESFIELD HUNDRED, HTDE DIVISION. Adshead James, esq. Arces bank, Stayleybndge Cheetham John, esq. Stayleybridge, Manchester Ashton Samuel, jiin. esn. Hyde Chetwode Rev. George, Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton James, esq. Highfield, Bredbury, Stockpol-t Clarke Hyde John, esq. BrjnitisUio, Llangollen * m ' " Ashton Thomas, esq. Hyde Evans Rev. Joseph Saville Roberts, Prescot, Lancashire ' " Buckley Abel, esq. Rvcroft, Ashton-under-Lyne Grimshaw John, esq. High Bank, Gorton, near Manchester Harrifion David, esq. Stayleybridge Chapman John, esq. Hill end, Mottram in Longdendale Yin NAMES OF THE ACTING MAGISTRATES FOR THE COUNTY. MACCLESFIELD HUNDRED, HYDE Division—continued. 'llaiTison Thomas, esq. West hill, Staleybridge, Lancashire Piatt Robert, esq. Duckinfield , , , , Harrop Jonah, esq. Bardesley house, Ashton-under-Lyne Sidebothara Edward Lowe, esq. 19 Lansdown pi. Cheltenham Heginbottom Samuel, esq. Heniy sq. Ashton-under-Lyne Sidebotham John, esq. Kingston, Hyde , , , Hindley Charles, esq. Duckinfield lodge, Ashton-under-LjTie Sidebottom William ,esq.Etherowho.MottrammLongdendale HoUyngworthe Robert De, esq. Hollingworth hall, Mottram SidebottomJno.esq.Harewood lodge,Mottram inLongdendale in Longdendale Turner John, esq. Godley, Manchester Mellor Thomas Walton, esq. Ashton-under-Lyne Woodhead George, esq. Old hall, Mottram in Longdendale MACCLESFIELD HUNDRED, PRESTBURY DIVISION. Stanley Lord, of Alderley, Alderley park, Monksheath, Hopes Wm. esq. Marton house, near Appleby, Westmoreland Congleton Legh Charles Richard Banastre, esq. Adlington hall, Antrobus Gibbs Crawfurd, esq. Eaton hall, Congleton lVTd.c cl 6sfi61 (1 Brocklehurst John, esq. M.P. Hurdsfield house, Macclesfield Lowther Rev. Brabazon, Pott Shrigley, Macclesfield Brownlow Rev. William, Rectory, Wilmslow Ryle John, esq Brocklehurst William Coare, esq. Butley hall, Macclesfield Ryle Rev. John Charles Daintry Thomas Ryle, esq. North Rode, Congleton Swanwick Thomas, esq. M.D. Macclesfield Dixon John, esq. Astle, Chelford, Knutsford Swetenham Clement, esq. Somerford Booths, Congleton Gaskell John Upton, esq. Ingersley hall, Rainow, Macclsfld Thornycroft Rev. John, Thornycroft, Congleton Glegg John Baskervyle, esq. Withington hall, Chelford, Twemlow Francis, esq. Betley court, Newcastle-under-Lyne Knutsford Twemlow Thomas Fletcher, esq. Bentley court, Newcastle- Gregg Robert Hyde, esq. Wimslow, Manchester under-Lvne llilibmt Thomas, esq. Birtles, Monksheath, Congleton Wardle Henry, esq. Park mount, Macclesfield MACCLESFIELD HUNDRED, STOCKPORT DIVISION. Bruckshaw Joshua, esq. Harrytown hall,Bredburj-, Stockprt Mills Rev. Thomas Stui'ges, Littleborough, Rochdale Davenport William Davenport, esq. Bramall hall, Stockport Newton .Tames, esq. Cheadle heath, Stockport Grimshaw Samuel,Jun. esq. En-wood house, Buxton Prescot R('\'. Charles Kenrick, Rectory, Stockport Henld James, esq. PaiT's wood, Disbury, Manchester Simpson Richard, esq. Mellor lodge, Stockport Isherwood Thomas Bradshaw, esq Tatton Thomas William, esq. ^\ ythenshawe, Northenden, Marsland Edward, esq. Stockport ^ Manchester Marsland Henry, esq. Woodbank, Stockport ^v.« Wright John, esq. Brabins hall, near Stockport Marsland Peter Edward, esq. Stockport Yates Joseph St. John, esq. Wellbank, Sandbach NANTWICH HUNDRED. Combermere Viscount, Combermere abbey, Nantwich Folliott Rev. James, Stapeley house, Nantwich Akroyu Henry, esq Doddington hall, Nantwich Hinchliffe Rev. Edward Baker William, esq. Highfields, Nantwich Massey Francis Elcocke, esq. Poole, Nantwich Brooke Rev. Thomas, Wistaston, Nantwich Poole William Halsted, esq. Terrick, Whitchurch Broughton Rev. Delves, the Cliffe, Wybunbury, Nantwich Tollemache Wilbraham Spencer, esq. Dorfold, Nantwich Corbet Richard, esq. Adderley, Market Drayton Starkey Samuel Cross, esq. Wrenbury, Nantwich NORTHWICH HUNDRED. Armitstead Lawi'cnce, esq. Cranage, Middlewich Hogg Henry, esq. Davenshaw house, Congleton Armitstead Rev. John, Vicarage, Sandbach Latham George William, esq. Bradwall hall, Sandbach Buchanan William Theophilus, esq Pearson Samuel, esq. Buglawton hall, Congleton Brierley Rev. James, Mosley, Moss hall, near Congleton Shakerley Geoffry Joseph, esq. Whatcroft, Davenham Ford Charles Ingram, esq. Abbey field, Sandbach Swettenham Thomas John Wybault, esq. Swettcnham hall, Ford Francis Johnson, esq Congleton France Henry ilayhurst, esq Wilbraham Randle, esq. Rode hall, Lawton France James F."ance, esq. Bostock hall, Middlewich Wilbraham Randle, jun. esq. Rode heath, Lawton a£(guce Rev. Thomas, Davenham Wood Rev. Archdeacon, Middlewich HarpSlNtfltn Hosken, esq. Davenham AVIRRAL HUNDRED Cust Major-General the Honr»ii-^ld'3"'rd, Leasowe castle, Hall William, esq. Seaforth, near Liverpool Woodside Harden John AVilliam, esq. Ross cottage, Rock ferry, Barton Richard, esq. Caldy manor, Woodside Birkenhead Bryans Richard, esq. Birkenhead Jackson John Somerville, esq. Birkenhead Case John Deane, esq. Poulton Hey, near Birkenhead Jackson William, esq. M.P. Birkenhead Congreve Rich' l esq. Burton, Neston Laird Johii, esq. Birkenhead Congreve Williait. »VP'*—^ esq. Burton, Neston Lavn-ence George Hall, esq. New Brighton, Wirral Coxon Rev. Mark, ileswali, Neston Naylor Richard Christopher, esq. Hooton hall, Chester JEwart Joseph Christopher, esq. M.P. New Brighton, Wirral Neilson Daniel, esq. New Brighton, Wirral , V^ilden John, esq. Mollington hall, Chester Penny Rev. Benjamin, LL.D. Chester tPeilden Rev. Robert Mosley, Bebington rectoiy, Chester Potter William, esq Glegg John Baskervyle, esq. Thurstaston, Upton Wirral Richardson Rev. Richard, Capenhnrst, Chester Glegg John Baskervyle, jun, esq. Gayton, Neston Shaw John Ralph, esq. Arrow hall, Woodside PUBLIC OFFICERS. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Cheshire (North.) Cheshire {South). William Tatt m Egerton, esq Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, bart George Cornwall Legh, esq John Tollemache, esq LAW OFFICER High Sheriff, William Atkinson, esq. Ashton Hayes, Clerli 1o the Lieutenancy, William Morris, e3q. Chester Kelsall .. .'• Clerh to the Croicn, Henry Linwood Strong, esq Lord Lieutimnni, The Marquis of Westminster, Eaton hall, Clerk of t^" Peace, George Johnson, esq. Llaurhydd "•'•"ster Ruthin Constable of Chester Castle, John Dunstan, esq. Chester Deputy Clerh of the Peace, Charles William Potts, esq. Keejyer of House _'" Correction, Mr. George Gallop, Chester Knutsford County Treasurer, Charles William Potts, esq. Chester Under Sheriff, John Hostage, esq. Chester Chief Constable, Capt. T. J. Smith, Hoole, Chester CORONERS. Henry Churfon, esq. Chester I William Johnson, esq. Marjjle James Roscoe, esq. Knutsford j James Nicholson, esq. Warrington CHESHIRE. CHESHIRE, or the shire of Chester, is a shire on the north Suffolk £388 west side of England, reaching the Irish Sea by the friths Norfolk 313 or mouths of the Dee and Mersey. It is bounded on the Wiltshire 198 north by the Mersey, which divides it from Lancashire, and Dorsetshire J. 132 by a small portion of Yorkshire, on the east by Derbyshire Devonshire 536 and Staffordshire, on the south by Shropshire and Flintshire, Cornwall 229 on the south-west by Denbighshire, and on the west by the Somersetshire 492 Irish Sea. It is about 32 miles from north to south, and Gloucestershire 559 about 50 from east to west. Herefordshire 202 The area is rather above the average of English shires, Shropshire 4,552 being 14104 square miles, or 707,078 acres, whereof 54,470 are Staflbrdshire 12,760 frith and sea shore. The area of the registration county of Worcestershire 654 Cheshire, or district formed of the Cheshire unions, and Warwickshire 1,100 referred to by the Registration Offices for statistical pur Leicestershire ,,... 512 poses, is 692,999 acres. Lincolnshire >.. 510 The 'population of Cheshire has largely increased in this Nottinghamshire ,... 796 century; at each census it hsfa been as lollows:— Derbyshire ^ .. 7,659 Cheshire L .290,317 Altogether. Men and Boys. Women and Girls. Lancashire ^^^54JUii* Yorkshire :\ £>,?7io 1801 192,305 93,035 99,270 Durham 345 1811 227,031 110,858 116,173 Northumberland ,.. 360 1821 ~27Q,098 132,952 137,146 Cumberland .1,190 1831 334,391 164,133 170,258 Westmoreland 489 1841 395,660 193,646 202,014 Welsh 18,-588 1851 455,72.5 222,386 233,339 Lowlanders and Scotch Highlanders. .. ^,4C5 Manx ; 550 Irish 2«,812 Tlie population of the registration county, in 1851, was British Colonies and East Indies . 479 42a,Sp6. Foreigners \ 494 The excess of females over males at each census shows that the excess at the census of 1801 has not been pro Born at sea } 67 portionately exceeded, although the early part of this English bom abroad i'^174 century was a period of war. Of the adults, 229,013 in number, only 140,23J* were boi-n Excess of Females. in Cheshire, leaving 88,780 adult immigrants, O;* more than 1801 6,235 one-third, showing the insufficiency of the native population 1811 5,315 to supply the demand for labour. 1821 4,194 The age statistics of Cheshire are, of course, much dis 1831 6,125 turbed by the large influx of male adults; but yet, from the 1841 8,368 age of 15 to 30, the proportion of females is in excess. The 1851 10,953 following shows the In this latter period the population was more than double AGES OP MALES AND FEMALES IN CUESJIRE:— that of 1801, and a large emigration of males was taking Males. f V ^ides. place. Total 207,008 ^..•' ' .6,,.18 The increase of the population between 1841 and 1851 Under 5 years .. 27,7Sij' .. 27,^3 is to be remarked, because in many shires in that time the 5 .. 24,973 .. 24,602 population made little progress. 10 .. 23,335 .. 23,958 Of a total population of 423,520, in 1851, 290,317 only 15 .. 20,877 .. 22,?32 were born in Cheshire, 133,209, or nearly one-third, being 20 .. 18,830 .. 21,^6 strangers to the shire, who had immigrated to supply the 2.3 .. 16,820 .. 18,341 increasing demand for labour. Of the immigrants, a large 30 .. 14,775 .. 15, Size of Number of Male Labourers employed by each of the undermentioned number of Farmers. Farm in Acres. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 25 Tota l JN o Me n Farm s o r Holdings . employed , numbe r o f Man. Men. Men. Men. Men. Men. Men. Men. Men. Men. Men. Men. Men. o r numbe no t stated . Under 5 13 1 1 273 288 5 55 13 i 3 i 571 644 10 162 39 8 5 i i 820 1,036 20 159 58 19 9 3 1 *i 1 425 -676 ' 80 124 71 22 11 3 3 1 i *i 321 658 40 93 68 23 9 3 1 *i 1 2 219 420 50 209 194 86 40 10 3 3 2 3 i 346 903 75 137 126 90 47 23 12 1 2 4 145 587 100 138 178 131 120 44 24 i? 6 1 3 138 806 150 54 58 46 00 46 23 11 8 6 9 1 51 373 200 7 15 26 28 26 26 10 8 4 10 1 i 8 170 250 5 9 7 7 12 8 5 6 4 10 5 78 300 3 5 4 4 2 1 6 1 7 i i 1 37 360 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 13 400 1 3 2 1 3 2 4 "l 17 500 1 i • 1 2 2 7 600 "i 1 700 2 2 800 2 i 3 1,200 1 1 Acreage not stated. 22 12 3 2 1 1 1 1 ii43 1,178 848 471 347 185 110 52 40 25 61 15 3 2 3,326 6,630 The great tongue of land between the Dee and the Mersey 31,068. The woollen, worsted, flax, lace, and hose manu is called Wirrall, and includes above 100,000 acres and a factures are very inconsiderable* The- hat manufactures population of about 60,000, as the southern suburbs of employed 1,152. Liverpool are seated on its northern shores. The friths of Ship-building employed 463, chiefly on the Mersey, and tlie Dee and Mersey are navigable tor shipping, and have there were 108 anchorsmiths. Ropemaking employed 278 on them the seaports of Birkenhead and Chester. The hands, and sailcloth, 89. The manufacture or chemicals Weaver, ifrhich falls into the fi-ith of the Mersey, is made employed 180. Soap boiling employed 149. The paper navigable for vessels of a hundred tons. manufacture is small, and so is that of pottery. Brewing -?^ie- caiMls are many, and among them are the Grand and malting are not c^ried on so extensively as in many -Trunk or Trent and Mersey canal, the Bridgewater canal, other shires. the Ch^ter and Nantwich canal, the Macclesfield canal, Coal mining employed 2,619; stone and lime quarries, the EUesmere canal, the Peak Forest canal. 506; briQk-making, 926; salt-making, 1,154. Tliere are Chesffire joins the great system of railway transit by some small works mr the copper, lead, and zinc manufac severalfoes, chiefly connecting with the south^ and con tures. The iron manufacture employed 52l; nailing, 200; tinuing, the Lancashire communication. The London and file-making, 30; and there are some macnitie works. North Western railway is the chief of these, passing from The following is an analysis of the occupation returns the souih by Stafford, Crewe, and Warrington to the north. applieiplied to Cheshire: — From Qrewe branches pass to Stockport and Manchester on the east and to Chester and Birkenhead on the west. From Occupation. Male. Female. Total. Chester lines run to Ilolyhead in North Wales, and through Labourer (branch undefined) 9,027 .. 124 £i,15i Shrewsbury to the Welsh borders and to South Wales. Independent 204 .. 354 458 Other lines connect Macclesfield with Staffordshire. Crewe Annuitant 417 ..1,859 ^,270 is the great northern engine factory of the London and North Western railway. The telegraph is carried through Cheshire constituted What is called 9. county palatine, out the shire. though its jurisdiction is how nearly extlngtiished, but pre The number of houses largely increased between 1841 serving its own courts and high privileges as a feudal fief, and 1851, the figures standing thus:— it long retained them as an appanage of the eldest sons of the king, vUho held the Earldom of Chester, with the Prin Inhabited. Uninhabited. Building. 'Altogether. cipality of Wales and Duchy of Cornwall, giving a nominal 841 .. 73,444 .. 5,864 .. 547 .. 79,855 suzerainty over the west of England. -i85 1 • .. 85,260 .. 4,341 .. 845 ,. 90,446 The shire is joined with the North Wales circuit, and had The cliief manufactures are those of cotton and silk, which formerly its own chief justice. Chester is the shirfe town bet^^eeil them employ 50,000 people. In 1851 the silk manu and seat bf the ossizes and quarter sessions. facture emplojed 22,007, of whom half were mftles, and the Formerly it included Lancashire south of tlie Ribble, and libbon and other smaller branches of that manufacture, was otherwise divided. It now includes seven hundreds— 747. The cotton manufacture employed 29,474 (of whom Wirrall, Bucklowj Macclesfield, Northwich, Eddisbury, 15,026 were, women and girls); fuman, 467; cotton print- Nantwich, and Broxton. n^ and dyeing, and minor branchra, 1,127; being a total of The number ol' unions in Cheshire is nine, but some DIRECTORY. [CHESHIRE.] townships run into other unions of Lancashire, &c. The 10,051; Runcai-n,-a shipping port on the Mersey, 8,049; Cheshu-c unions are— Sutton, 7,525; Nantwich, 5,426; Bollington, 4,655; Cop penhall, 4,571; Crewe, 4,491; Altrincham, 4,488; Hurds field, 4,016; Witton, 3,493; Mottram, 3,199: Over, 3,167; No. Name. Acres. Pop. 1851. Knutsford, 3,127; Sandbach, 2,752; Leftwich, 2,528; Wharton, 2,103; Frodsham, 2,099; Oxton, 2,007 ; Audlem, 1,591; Great Neston, 1,524; Tilstone, 1,420; Northwich, 452 30,709 90,208 1,377 ; Tarvin, 1,181; Tarporley, 1,171; Barnton, 1,117 ; 453 81 ,.561 03,327 El worth, 1,050 J Tattenhall, 982; Bunbury, 931; Hawardeii, 454 73,665 34,043 586. Several of these are market towns, as is Malpas. G i rat 455 45,776 25,797 Neston and Parkgate are small bathin" places. Birken 456 65,445 31,202 head and Tranmere are large suburbs of Liverpool on the 457 52,889 30,512 shores of the Mersey. There are many large manufacturing 458 121,051 37,986 villages in Cheshire". (Great Boughton&) Chester is the seat of a bishop within the archbishopric of 459 ( Chester City .. J 109,793 53,294 York, and the shire forms an archdeaconry subdivided into 460 Wirrall 112,110 57,157 seven deaneries. There are eighty-seven old parishes, and up to 1851 sixty new parishes or ecclesiastical districts had been formed. Cheshire having been fully settled by the English is very Although the number of townships is very great, yet the closely divided, for the number of townships is about 500, number of parishes is very small; for the single townships showing an average area of about two square miles. Some do not constitute parishes, as in the south of England, but of these townships are very small, as the following list, with many townships are united for ecclesiastical purposes as a their population in 1851, shows:—Edgerley (120 acres), parish. The largest of these parishes are :-• none; Wallerscoat (122 acres), 7; Birches (157 acres), 8; Acres. Pop. Ravenscroft (140 acres), 10; Caughall, 11; Grafton, 12; Mosten, 14; Eaton, 16; Mollington, 16; Broadlane, 17; Prestbury 62,12.5 59,265 Cotton Abbotts, 17; Hockenhull, 22; Churton Heath, 22; GreatBudworth ., 35,920 17,990 Netherpool, 23; Sutton, 23; Marbury, 23; Radnor, 24; WestKu'by 34,286 Bache (94 acres), 24; Mooresbarrow, 25; Newhall, 27 ; Stockport 25,175 91,423 Fallybroome, 28; Lach Dennis, 28; Batherton, 28; Macclesfield 29,648 Clifton, 30. Mottram 23,279 23,354 The number of extra-parochial places is 10. Astbury 19,602 16,501 Fot pai'liamentary purposes the shire is divided into Rostherne 19,096 North Cheshire and South Cheshire. The population, in Runcorn 18,906 15,047 1851, was as follows :— Wybunbury 18,414 Bowden 17,971 11,228 North Cheshire 249,000 Bebington 10,016 South Cheshire 206,725 Hawarden 17,695 Bunbury 16,830 Each returns two members. North Cheshire includes the Sandbach 16,310 hundreds of Macclesfield and Bucklow; South Cheshire Acton 15,542 the other hundreds. Neston 15,293 Chester is a city, and Stockport and Macclesfield are Frodsham 14,288 boroughs, each returning two members. Middlewich 13,110 The towns include the ancient cathedral city of Chester, as Wrenbury 11,665 its name betokens, dating/rom the time of the Ilomans,having Bartbomley 11,035 a population of nearly 30,000 and being a seaport; Stockport, Eastham 10,834 with a population of 53.835; Macclesfield,39,048; Stalybridge Tarvin 10,571 (partly in Lancashire), 20,760; Congleton, 10,520; Hyde, Audlem 10,505 The census of religious worship gives the following results:— Number of Places of Number of Attendants at public worship Worship and Sittings. on Sunday, March 30th, 1851. Religious Denominations. Places of Morning Worship. Sittings. Afternoon. Evehins PROTESTANT CHURCHES 8.33 235,593 97,295 78,537 62,526 Church of England 121,882 51,367 42,678 16,691 United Presbyterian Church 2 910 600 560 PresJbyterian Church in England. 3 700 469 60 349 Independents, or Congregationalists 60 20,597 9,036 4,839 6,544 Bapnsts—Particular 14 3,175 1,300 8^0 1,074 „ Scotch 1 8 12 ., General (New Connexion). 4 932 160 208 128 Baptists ^not otherwise defined) 12 1,985 374 516 Society of Friends '. 10 2,311 288 151 555 Uniterians 14 3,232 1,683 1,301 Moravians 8 246 140 1.55 357 Wesleyan Methodists—Original Connexion 188 37,877 13,791 11,695 „ New Connexion. ... 29 9,005 2,524 1,829 17,133 Primitive Methodists 135 14,334 3,186 7,098 3,040 Wesleyfln Association 50 7,988 2,176 3,322 7,799 Welsh Calvinistic Methodists 4 983 175 391 3,374 Lady Huntingdon's Connexion 8 1,278 605 320 550 Brethren , 5 616 113 360 688 Isolated Congregations 7 760 49 163 186 OTHER CHRISTIAX CHURCHES: 303 Roman Catholics 17 5,882 0,0.53 2,162 2,408 Latter Day Saints 9 900 192 4.51 787 * [CHESHIRE.] POST OFFICE Although Cheshire has no university or large colleges, and there are twenty grammar and collegiate schools within the northern districts are close to Liverpool and Manchestei-, the shire, and a large number of private schools. Number of Scholars. Description of Schools. Number of Schools. Total. Boys. Girls. Day Schools 1,037 55,085 30,201 24,884 Public Day Schools 352 35,898 20,232 15,666 Private Day Schools 685 19,187 9,969 9,218 CLASS I. Military School 94 70 24 Prison School 16 8 8 Workhouse Schools 426 271 155 CLASS II. Collegiate Grammar Schools 20 1,082 1,037 45 Other Endowed Schools 47 3,-130 2,119 1,311 CLASS III. Denominational. Church of England National 100 13,283 6,9,34 0,349 Church of England (others) 103 9,221 4,875 4,346 Presbyterian Church in England 1 34 24 10 Presbytei'ians (not otherwise defined) 2 340 203 143 Independents (British) 2 280 176 104 Independents (others) 4 409 239 170 Baptists 1 02 41 21 Wesleyan Methodists (British) 1 150 102 48 Wesleyan Methodists (others) 21 2,416 1,485 931 Primitive Methodists .- 1 45 29 16 Dissenters (British) 1 101 35 06 Roman Catholics 10 1,140 605 535 Undenominationu I. British 788 301 CLASS IV. Ragged School 1 177 82 95 Factory Schools 5 916 460 456 Railway School 1 396 200 196, Other J^ubscription Schools of no specific character 16 785 449 336 The Sunday Schools are as follows :— Number of Schools and Scholars. Religious Denominations to which the Schools belong. Schools. Total. Male. Female. SUNDAY SCHOOLS 545 71,270 34,842 36,428 PROTESTANT CHURCHES:— Church of England 202 2.5,743 12,149 13,594 United Presbyterian Church 2 315 .155 160 Presbyterian Church in England ... 3 215 101 114 Independents 58 8,884 4,257 4,627 Baptists 19 1,517 820 697 Society of Friends 1 17 10 7 Unitarians 11 1,307 751 556 Moravians 1 180 88 - 92 Wesleyan Methodists 112 13,063 6,398 6,665 Methodists—New Connexion 14 2,608 1,271 1,337 Primitive Methodists 51 4,514 2,308 2,206 Wesleyan Association 38 3,988 2,158 1,830 Independent Methodists 8 646 328 318 Calvinistic Methodists 2 130 72 58 Brethren 1 10 8 2 Undefined Protestant Congregations 14 6,218 3,083 3,135 OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES:— Roman Catholics 1,915 885 1,030 The histoi-y of Cheshire in the Iberian, Celtic, and Belgian always been held by the English. William the Norman made periods is almost a blank. The district was closely settled by it a county palatine for his nephew, Hugh Lupus, whose the Romans. After the downfall of the latter, the Welsh held dynasty held it for two centuries; but since 1237 it has been it till about 607, when it feU under the power of Ethelfrith, the appanage of Ihe eldest son of the kinu'. For several cen King of Bernicia; but it was recovered by the Welsh, who turies it was the scene of frequent warfare with the Welsh. held much of it till it was again taken by Egbert in 828, During the Parliameutaiy War Cheshire was hotly contested; and annexed to the kingdom of Mercia, since which it has but in.February, 1040, the Royalists were put down.