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POST OFFICE DIRECTORY
OF
CHESHIRE
WITH
MAP ENGRAVED EXPRESSLY FOR THE AVORK,
AND CORRECTED TO THE TIME OF PUBLICATION.
LONDON:
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1857.
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PREFACE.
THE great encouragement received in publishing Directories of the
Southern Counties has induceCHthesi Proprietors to yield to a request, received from
various sources, to extend their publications so as to include the whole of England.
The " Post Office Directory of' Yorkshire" was the first Directory of a Northern
County published by them; the Directory of Cheshire is the second, and great care
has been bestowed on the work to render it as valuable a book of reference as
the other Post Office Directories are universally acknowledged to be. Alterations
which have occurred while the sheets have been passing through the press have
been carefully attended to: reference to the publication will give ample evidence
of this.
Messrs. KELLY and Co. cannot conclude these remarks without thanking
those Gentlemen who have so greatly assisted them by undertaking the revision of the
proofs of each place, and to the Clerk of the Peace for furnishing the list of Magistrates;
also to other Gentlemen Avho have rendered their agents valuable assistance
in the collection of information.
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
Acton 5
Acton, see Weaverham... .252
Acton Grange,see Runcornl98
Adswood,«eeClieadl.Hulme 64
Agd-n, see Malpas 159
Agden, see Rostherne .... 195
Alderley 7
jUderley Superior or Over,
see Alderley 7
Alderley Nether, seeAlderley
7
Aldersey, see Coddington. 95
Aldford 8
Allostock, see Great Bud- 53
worth 53
Allostock ,se(;^ LowerPtoTerl89
Alprahani, see Bunbuiy .. 60
Alpraham grn-srcBunbury 60
Alsager, see Barthomley.. 17
Altrincliaiu 8
Alvanley, see Frodsham . .117
Anderton, see Great Bud-
Avorth 53
Antrobus, see Great Budworth
54
Apethorn, see ^Vemcth .. .253
Appleton, sec Great Budworth
54
Arclid, see Sandbach 205
Arnfield, *ee Tintwistle ..•^4-2
Arrow, see Woodcliurch. .'209
Ashley, see Altrincliani... 8
Ashton, aee Tarvin •Jiiii
Ashtou-upon-Mersey .... 12
Astbury
\'2
Astmore, see Runcorn... .198
Aston, see Newhall 5
Aston heath, see Newhall. 5
Aston - by - Budworth, see
Great Budworth 54
Aston-l>y-.:'Utton,At'c Run-
Corn 198
Audlem 13
Austerson, see Acton .... 5
Bache, or Bach 15
Backford 15
Baddiley 16
Baddington, see Acton ... 5
Bank, see Odd Rode 184
Bamshaw, see Goostreycum-Barnshaw
1'20
Baniston, stf Woodchurch2.J9
Barnton, see Great Budworth
54
Barrow 16
Barrows Green, see Middlewich
166
Bartherton, seeWybunbury 261
Barthomley 17
Bartington, see Great
Page
Pae'e
Bickley, see Malpas 159 Caldy, see West Kirby... 130
Bidston-cum-Ford 20 Calveley, see Bunbury 62
Billings green, see Rudhth.197 Capenhnrst, see yhotwiek.210
Birches, "AW Gt. Budworth 54!Ca]Msilioiiic, i>e«; Pnstln y.l91
Cranage, see Sandbach. . .205
Crew, see Farndon 117
Birkenhead
21 CaibKJok, ,eee Motiiain-
Birtles, see Prestbury 1911 in-L^Eigdendale,/. 169
Blackden, see Goostrey- Carden.) see Tilston 40
cum-Barnshaw 120 Carnicham, sue S\vptteul]nr234
Blacon-cum-Crabwall.. .. 4G
Blakenhall,5eeWybunbury261
Bollin Fee, see Wilmslow .256
Bollington 46
Bollington, see Rofctberne.195
Booth Lane Head, fee
Warmingham
'2.J0
Bosden, see Stockport 217
Bosley 47
Bostock, see Davenham. .106
Bottoms, see Mottram-in-
Longdendale 169
Bowdon 48
Bradtield Green, see Minsliull
Vernon 167
Bradford, see Davenham.. 107
Bradley, see Frodsham. . .118
Bradley, see JIalpas 159
Braraall
f>\
Bramhall 51
Bredbury, see Stockport. .217
Brer

IV INDEX TO POST
Pap
Page
rritli, .set- Wrr nbury-cum- in Holmes Chapel, see Sandbach
"i-ith '. .260
505
isliam bridge, sqJf^ sHoole 124
Ddsteim .^19 Jlooton 125
Bsliam bridge, see Run lUtortoM-by-Malpas, see
toi-n 100 Tilston
2i0
Tshaw, see Wilr.islow . .256 Horton-cum - Peele, see
iniace, see Stockport. . .217 Tarvin
2"^?
iiatley, see Stockport Hough, see Wybunbury . .262
Etehells 232 Hough Green 12.J
Gawsworth 119 Hoylakc, see West Kirby .130
Gayton, .9ee IIeswnll.l23&2G4 Hiill & Appleton, see Great
Gee cross, see Wernetli. . .253 Budwortli 54
Godley, sec Mottrani-in- Hulrae, see JM'ddlewich. . .165
Longdendale 169 ilulme Walfield, see Astbury
Golbourne Belleau, see
12
Tattenhall 238 Hulse, see GreatBudworth 54
Golbourne David, see Huiisterson,seeW'ybiinbry.262
Handley 122 Huntington, sec Lea-cum-
Goostrey-cum-Barnshaw..l20 Newbold i;34
Gorseley green,.

OFFICE CHESHIRE DIRECTORY.
Page
Rudheath 197
Rudheath, see Davenham. 106
Runcorn 197
Rushton, see Tarporley . .2.35
Saighton, sec Lea-cum- ,
Newbold 134'
Sale 202
Saltersford, see Prestbury.191'
Page
Stamford Brdge,setBarrow 16
Stanlow 216
Stanthorne, see Davenhaml07
Stapeley, sea Wybunbury .262
Stayley, see Mottram-in-
Longdendale 169
Page
Toft 243
Torkington, see Stockport.218
Ti-anuiere 243
Tushingham -cum-Grindley,
see Malpas 160
Twambrook, see Wittoneum-Twambrook
258
Twemlow, see Goostrey-
Stockham, see Halton... .121
Stockport 216
Saltney green, see Hough | Stockport Etchell 232 cuui-Barnshaw 120
green 125 Stockton, see Malpas ... .1601 Tytiieringtn.see Prestburyl92
Sandbach 204 Stockton Heath, see Great | Upper Alderley,sce Alderly 7
Sandiway, see Weaverhara2.52 j Budworth 55
Wigland, see Malpas ... .160
Sattei'sford,seeHolmsChpl»124 Stoke 232
Wilaston (part of), see
Saughall Massie, .see Bids- j Stoke, see Acton 5
Wybunbury 262
'r ton-cum-Ford 20; Storeton, sec Bebington .. 18
Wildboarclough 256
Seacombe 208
Wilderspool, see (ireat
Seacombe, see Wallasey. .249
Budworth 55
Stretton, see Gt.Budworth 55
Stretton, see Tilston 240
Stublach, see Middlewich .165
Styal 232
UpperBrighton,sceLiscardl36
Upton near Chester 249
Upton or Overehurch 248
Upton, .see Prestbury 192
Utkinton, see Tarporley. .235
Wade's green, see Church
Minshull 94
Walgerton, .see Wybunbury 262
Wallasey 249
Seven Oaks, see Great
Wilksley, see Audlem 14
Budworth 55
Willaston, see Gt. Neston.177
Sharston green, see Northenden
180! Sutton, see Middlewich . .165 Wallerscote, see"\yeavi-ham242 Wilmslow 2.56
Sutton 232
Willinoton 256
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| jSwettenham 233 Walton (Superior), sec Wincham,seeGt.Budworth 55
Shocklach (Church) 2091 j 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 j jTarvin 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 Wrenburycum-Frith
Siddington, see Prestbury 192; jTaxal 239 Weaverham 252
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
Snelson, see Over Peover .189 1 Thornton Hough,see Great
253 Woodhouses, see Bowdon. 48
Woodhouses,see FrodshamllS
Somerford, see Astbury .. 13 I Neston 177
Woodside, see Over 185
Somerford Booths, see
Worleston, see Acton 5
West Heath, see Astbury. 13
West Kirby 130
Weston, see Runcorn ... .199
Weston Point, see Runcornl99
VV'ettenhall, see Over ... .185
Whaley 264
|Thornton-iu-tlie-Moors. .239
Astbury 13 Threapwood 240
Sound, seeWrcnbuiy-cum- Thurstaston 240
Frith 200 Tilston 240
Spital Boughton, see Great TilstonFearnall,seeBunbry. 61 Wharton 2-53
Boughton 47 I Timperley 241 Whatcroft, see Davenhaml06
Sproston, see Middlemch .165 JTintwistle 242 Wheelock 2-55
Spurstow, see Bunbury .. 61 I Titley, see Audlem 14 Wheelock, see Sandbach. .205
Stalybridge 211 j Tiverton, see Bunbury. .. 61 Whitby, see Eastham 114
Page
Whitegate 255
Whitley Inferior,see Great
Budworth 55
Whitley Lower, see Great
Budworth 55
Whitley Over, see Great
Budworth 55
Wh i tley S uperior,see G rcat
Budwortli 55
Wichalgh, see Malpas 160
Wichaugh, see Malpas . . .160
Worth, see Poynton 190
Wrnnbury-cum-Frith 260
^Vrinellill see Checkleycum-Wrinehill
261
Wybunbury 261
Yatehouse,see Byley-cum-
Yatehouse, Middlewich .165
Yeardsley-cuin-Whaley. .264
INDEX TO COMMERCIAL PROSPECTUSES.
London & Westminster Bank.
Banks.
409 I Western Bank of London 409
Insurance Companies.
City of London 410; General Reversionary & Mutual 410 Royal Farmers' Agricultural
& Commercial... .419
Crown 411' Investment Co 413 National Alliance 417
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
Coach builders
Cope & Pass
435 Needle manufacturer Abel Morrall 439
439
Coal merchant
Samuel Stock Newspaper Cheshire Observer 436
435
Concertina makers
Wheatstone & Co. Passport agent W. J. Adams 423
420
(Conservative Land Society • , • Perfumers Rowland &c Sons 430
442
Directory offices
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LIST OF THE
PRINCIPAL SEATS IN CHESHIRE,
With Reference to the Places under which they will be found in this Volume.
Page
Abbot's Moss, Colonel the Hon. Thomas Granville Cholmondeley,
see Marton 164
Agden hall, T. S. Bazley, esq. see Agden, Rostherne .. 195
Alderley park. Right Hon. Lord Stanley, see Alderley . 7
Aldersey hall, T. Aldersey, esq. .see Aldersey 95
Appleton hall, T. Lyon, esq. see Stockton Heath .54
Arley hall, R. E. E. Warburton, esq. see Gt. Budworth 53
Ashfield hall, Claude Macfic, esq. see Leighton, Great
Neston 177
Astle hall, John Dixon, esq. see Chelford, Prestbury .. 191
Bache hall, Robert Broadhurst Hill, esq. see Bache .. 15
Backford hall, Edward Holt Glegg, esq. see Backford . 15
Bi'ecliwood, George Cliarnley Dewhurst, esq. see Lymm 136
Belmont, Mrs. Leigh, see fireat Budworth 53
Birtles hall, Thos. Hibbert, esq. see Birtles, Prestbui'y 191
Blackwood hall, Hugh Craig, esq. see Leighton, Great
Neston 177
Bolesworth castle, — Mackenzie, esq. see- Broxton,
Malpas 159
Bonis hall, Rt. Hon. Lord Erskine,.see Butley, Prestbury 191
Bostock hall, Jas. France France, esq. see Davenham.. 106
Bramhall hall,Lieut.-Col.W.D.Davenport,see Bramhall 51
Brereton hall, A. C. Howard, esq. see Brereton 51
Brockhuist hall, Wm. AA'orthington, esq. see Leftwich 134
Bromborough hall, R. Rankin, esq. see Bromborough .. .53
Buglawton hall, S. Pearson, esq. J.P. see Buglawton .. 60
Burton hall, R. Congieve, esq. see Burton 63
Butley hall,Wm.Brocklehurst,esq.see Butley, Prestbury 191
Calveley hall, Flarl Grosvenor, see Bunbury 61
Capesthorne hall, Arthur Henry Davenport, esq. see
Capesthome, Prestbury 191
Cassia lodge, Edwd. Lister, esq. see Abbots Moss, Marton 164
Cholmondeley castle. Marquis of Cholmondeley, see
Cholmondeley, Malpas 160
Chorlton hall, James Wickstead Swan, esq. see Chorlton 16
Chorlton hall, T. C. Glutton, esq. see Chorlton, Malpas 160
C^live house, Thomas Swanwick Bradbury, esq. .see
Clive, Middlewich 165
Corabermere abbey. Field Marshal the Right Hon.
Viscnt. Combei-mere, G.c.B.seeDodcott-cum-Wilksley 14
Cranage hall, L. Armistead, esq. see Cranage, Sandbach 205
Crewe hall. Lord Crewe, see Crewe 103
Cuddington hall, G.Brassey, esq. see Cuddington, Malpas 160
Cuddington lodge, W. F. H. Clark, esq. .see Cuddington,
Malpas 160
Dale Fords, Captain White, see Marton 164
Daresbury hall, C. Buxton, esq. see Daresbury, Runcorn 198
Davenham hall, Jolm Hosken Harper, esq. J.P. see
Shipbrook, Davenham 107
Davenport hall, Mrs. Tipping, see Davenport 12
Den hall, Charles Stanley, esq. see Ness, Gt. Neston .. 177
Doddington hall, Henry Akroyd, esq. see Doddington . 261
Dorfold hall, Mrs. Tomkinson & W. Tolemache, esq.
see Acton 5
Eaton hall, GibbsCrawford Antrobus, esq. J.P.seeEaton 115
Edge hall. Rev. J. Y. Dod, see Edge, Malpas 160
Erwood hall, S. Grimshaw, esq. see Taxal 239
Grappenhall hall, Mrs. GreenaJl, see Grappenhall 121
Hartford grange, William Todd Naylor, esq. seeHartford 122
Hartford hall, Clifford Firth, esq. see Hartford 122
Hartford hill house, Chas. Aikin Holland,esq.5eeHartford 122
Hartford house, Frederick Hand Firth, esq. see Hartford 122
Page
Hartford lodge, Thomas Firth, esq. see Hartford 122
Hartford manor, Cecil de Trafford, esq. see Hartford .. 122
Hartford manor, Augustus de Trafford, esq. see Hartford 122
Hatherton house, Samuel Acton, esq. see Hatherton .. 262
Henbury hall, Edward Marsland, esq. J.P. see Henbury 123
High Legh hall, William ; Entwistle, esq. see High
Leigh, Rostherne 196
Holyng-worthe hall, Robert de Holyngworthe, esq. J.P.
see Hollingworth 123
Hoofield hall, J. Tollemache, esq. see Clotton, Hoofield 237
Hough hall, Robert Green Hill, sen. esq. see Hough .. 262
Hurdsfield house, JohnBrocklehurst, esq.M.P.seellrdsfld 125
Incehall, Edmund Waldegrave Park Yates, esq. see Ince 129
Jodrell hall, Egerton Leigh, esq. J.P. see Twemlow,
Goostrey-cum-Barnshaw 120
Lawton hall, C. B. Lawton, esq. see Church Lawton .. 93
Lee hall, Robert Hervey, esq. see Mottram St. Andrew,
Prestbury 191
Leftwich Old hall, Thomas Dean, esq. see Leftwich 134
Leighton hall, David Chalmers, esq. M.D. see Leighton,
Great ISeston 177
Littleton hall, Thomas Dixon, esq. ,vee Littleton 93
Lyme hall, Thos. Legh, esq..vceLyme Handley,Prestbury 191
Manor house, Samuel Burley, esq. see Thornton Hough,
Great Neston 177
Manor house, William Roylance Court, esq. see Newton 179
Marbury hall, D. H. C. Poole, esq. see Marbury-cum-
Quoisley 162
^Marbuiy hall, Mrs. Smith Barry, see Maibury 55
Marple hall, Thomas Isherwood, esq. see Marple 163
Mobberley Old hall. Rev. George Mallory, M.A. see
Mobberley 168
Mollington hall, John Feilden, esq. see Gt. Mollington.. 16
Moreton hall, Geo. Holland Ackers, esq. see Moretoncum-Alcumlow
13
Moston hall, Richard Massey, esq. see Moston 169
Mottram hall. Rev. Henry Wright, see Mottram St.
Andrew, Prestbury 191
New hall, T. J. L. Brooke, esq. see Mere, Rostherne .. 196
Newton lodge, James Blackwell, esq. see Newton 179
Newton hall, Mrs. Shaw, see Mobberley 168
Norbury Booths hall, Peter Legh, esq. M.A., J.P.
see Knutsford 131
Norclitfe hall, R. H. Gregg, esq. see Styall 232
Norfield hall, Edward Loyd, esq. see MinghuU Vernon 167
Norton priory. Sir Richard Brookes, bart. see Norton 183
Old hall, George Woodhead, esq. see Hollingworth 123
Old hall, J. Peel, esq. see Sale 202
Oldfield hall, Mrs. Elizabeth Lloyd, see Oldfield 184
Oughtrington hall, T. Trafford, esq. see Lymm 136
Oulton hall. Sir P. de Malpas Grey Egerton, bart. M.P.
see Little Budworth 59
Overton hall, T. Taylor, esq. see Overton, Malpas 160
Peckforton castle, JohnTollemache,esq.Ji.p.seePeckforton 61
Peover hall, Harry Mainwaring, esq. see Over Peover.. 189
Pickering lodge, J. Skelton, esq. see Timperley 241
Pole, the. Rev. G. Eaton, M.A. sec Antrobus 54
Poole hall. Sir Chas. Cuyler, bart. see Acton 5
Pott hall,GeorgeSwindles,e8q.seePottShrigley, Prestbury 192
Pownall hall, Hugh Shaw, esq. see Morley 168
Ravenscroft hall, Elkanah Moss, esq. see Ravenscroft,
Middlewich . r , I65

NAMES OF THE ACTING MAGISTRATES FOR THE COUNTY. Vll
Page
Puddington hall, G. Glen, esq. see Puddington 63
Reesheath hall, Henry Leader, esq. see "Worleston.... 5
Bode hall, Handle Wilbraham, sen. esq. J.P. see Odd Rode 184
Rowton hall, Mra. Currey, see Rowton 93
Sde lodge, E. Haworth, esq. see Sale 202
Shrigley hall, Rev. Brabazon Lowther, see PottShrigley,
Prestbury 192
Somerford Booths hall, Clement Swetenham, esq. see
Somerford 13
Somerford park. Sir Chas. Peter Shakerley, bart. see
Somerford , 13
Stapeley house, Rev. James FoUiott, see Stapeley 262
Statham lodge, William Hosken Harper, esq. see Lymm 136
Tabley house, Lord de Tabley, see Nether Tabley .55
Tatton hall, W. Egerton, esq. see Tatton, Rostherne .. 196
The Beach, Thomas Horatio Marshall, esq. see Hartford 122
The Elms, Mrs. Stubbs, see Acton Grange, Runcora .. 198
The Heys, Thomas Parr, esq. see Grappenhall 121
Thelwall hall, J. Nicholson, esq. see Thelwall, Runcorn 199
Page
Thornycroft hall. Rev. John Thornycroft, J.P. see
Siddington, Prestbury 192
Twemlow hall, Thomas Booth, esq. see Twemlow,
Goostrey-cum-Barnsliaw 120
Wallasey castle, Sir E. Cust, see Wallasey 249
Walton iiall, Gilbert Greenall,esq. see Walton, Runcorn 199
West hall, Major E. Leigh, .see High Leigh, Rostherne 196
Whatcroft hall, Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley, esq. j.p.
see Davenham 106
Wincharahall, L. P. Townsliend, esq. J.P. see Wincbara .55
Wistaston hall, E. D. Broughton, esq. see Wistaston.. 257
Withenshaw hall, Thos. Wm. Tatton, esq.see Northenden 180
Withenshaw hall, T. W. Tatton, esq. see Sale 202
Withington hall, John B. Clegg, esq. seeOld Withmgton,
Prestbury 191
Witton house, Miss Yates, see Witton-cum-Twambrook 258
Woodlands, James Royds, esq. see Hartford 122
Worleston grange, Horatio Behrena, esq. see Worleston 5
Wrenburyhall, Major Starkey, seeWrenbury-cum-Frith 260
THE ACTING
THE NAMES OF
FOR THE COUNTY.
MAGISTKATES
THE MOST HON. RICHARD MARQUESS OF WESTMINSTER, GUSTOS ROTULORUM.
Cotton the Hon. Wellington Henry Stapleton, Cherry hill,
Malpas
Kenyon the Hon. Edward, Chorlton lodge, Malpas
Walker Sir Edward Samuel, knt. Berry hill, Mansfield,
Nottingham
Cotton Charles Robert, esq. Broughton hall, Worthenbury,
Wrexham
Glutton Thomas Chorlton, esq. Chorlton, Malpas
Dixon Thomas, esq. Littleton, Chester
BROXTON HUNDRED.
BUCKLOW HUNDRED,
Brooke Sir Richard, bart. Norton priory, Halton, Runcorn
Brooke Richard, esq. Norton priory, Halton, Runcorn
Greenall Gilbert, esq. M.P. Higher Walton hall, Warrington
Harper William Hosken, esq. Statham lodge, Lymm,
Warrington
Weddrington Shallcross Fitzherbert, esq. Newton
Preston brook
bank,
Dod John Whitehall, esq. M.P. Cloyerley, Whitchurch
Ince Townsend, e,sq. Christleton, Chester
Leche John Hurleston, esq. Cardeil hall, Chester
Orton Robert Bulkeley, esq. Tattenhall
Potts Charles, esq. Chester
Temple Robert Griffiths, esq. Lache, Chester
Williams John, esq. Bank, Chester
Grosvenor Earl, Calveley hall, Nantwich
Ewart Peter, esq. Hoole, Chester
DARESBURY DIVISION.
Johnson John, esq. Bank house, Runcorn
Legh Rev. Peter, Lyme park, Macclesfield
Lyon Thomas, esq. Appleton hall, Warrington
Lyon Thomas, jun. esq
Lyon Thomas Henry, esq. Apple'''""., T/arriugton
Parr Thomas, esq. Grappe-LUir, Warrington
Stubs Joseph, esq. Park place, Frodsham
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
Delamere Lord, Vale Royal, Northwich
Cholmondeley the Hon. Thomas Grenville, Vale Royal,
Northwich , . ,
Lascelles the Hon. Arthur, Norley bank, Northwich
Egerton Sir Philip de Malpas Grey, bart. M.P. Oulton park,
Tarporley
Atkinson William, esq. Ashton Hayes, Kelsall
Corbett Edwin, esq. Tilstone lodge, Tarporley
EDDISBURY HUNDRED.
Egerton Rev. John
Jesse John, esq
Lowten Thomas Lowten, esq
Tollemache John, esq. M.P. Peckforton castle, Tarporley
Tomkinson William, esq. Willington, Kelsall
Wilbraham George Fortescue, esq. Delamere house, Northwich
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
'llaiTison Thomas, esq. West hill, Staleybridge, Lancashire
Harrop Jonah, esq. Bardesley house, Ashton-under-Lyne
Heginbottom Samuel, esq. Heniy sq. Ashton-under-Lyne
Hindley Charles, esq. Duckinfield lodge, Ashton-under-LjTie
HoUyngworthe Robert De, esq. Hollingworth hall, Mottram
in Longdendale
Mellor Thomas Walton, esq. Ashton-under-Lyne
Division—continued.
Piatt Robert, esq. Duckinfield , , , ,
Sidebothara Edward Lowe, esq. 19 Lansdown pi. Cheltenham
Sidebotham John, esq. Kingston, Hyde , , ,
Sidebottom William ,esq.Etherowho.MottrammLongdendale
SidebottomJno.esq.Harewood lodge,Mottram inLongdendale
Turner John, esq. Godley, Manchester
Woodhead George, esq. Old hall, Mottram in Longdendale
MACCLESFIELD HUNDRED, PRESTBURY DIVISION.
Stanley Lord, of Alderley, Alderley park, Monksheath,
Congleton
Antrobus Gibbs Crawfurd, esq. Eaton hall, Congleton
Brocklehurst John, esq. M.P. Hurdsfield house, Macclesfield
Brownlow Rev. William, Rectory, Wilmslow
Brocklehurst William Coare, esq. Butley hall, Macclesfield
Daintry Thomas Ryle, esq. North Rode, Congleton
Dixon John, esq. Astle, Chelford, Knutsford
Gaskell John Upton, esq. Ingersley hall, Rainow, Macclsfld
Glegg John Baskervyle, esq. Withington hall,
Knutsford
Gregg Robert Hyde, esq. Wimslow, Manchester
llilibmt Thomas, esq. Birtles, Monksheath, Congleton
Chelford,
MACCLESFIELD HUNDRED, STOCKPORT
Bruckshaw Joshua, esq. Harrytown hall,Bredburj-, Stockprt
Davenport William Davenport, esq. Bramall hall, Stockport
Grimshaw Samuel,Jun. esq. En-wood house, Buxton
Henld James, esq. PaiT's wood, Disbury, Manchester
Isherwood Thomas Bradshaw, esq
Marsland Edward, esq. Stockport
Marsland Henry, esq. Woodbank, Stockport
Marsland Peter Edward, esq. Stockport
^
^v.«
NANTWICH
Combermere Viscount, Combermere abbey, Nantwich
Akroyu Henry, esq Doddington hall, Nantwich
Baker William, esq. Highfields, Nantwich
Brooke Rev. Thomas, Wistaston, Nantwich
Broughton Rev. Delves, the Cliffe, Wybunbury, Nantwich
Corbet Richard, esq. Adderley, Market Drayton
Hopes Wm. esq. Marton house, near Appleby, Westmoreland
Legh Charles Richard Banastre, esq. Adlington hall,
lVTd.c cl 6sfi61 (1
Lowther Rev. Brabazon, Pott Shrigley, Macclesfield
Ryle John, esq
Ryle Rev. John Charles
Swanwick Thomas, esq. M.D. Macclesfield
Swetenham Clement, esq. Somerford Booths, Congleton
Thornycroft Rev. John, Thornycroft, Congleton
Twemlow Francis, esq. Betley court, Newcastle-under-Lyne
Twemlow Thomas Fletcher, esq. Bentley court, Newcastleunder-Lvne
Wardle Henry, esq. Park mount, Macclesfield
DIVISION.
Mills Rev. Thomas Stui'ges, Littleborough, Rochdale
Newton .Tames, esq. Cheadle heath, Stockport
Prescot R('\'. Charles Kenrick, Rectory, Stockport
Simpson Richard, esq. Mellor lodge, Stockport
Tatton Thomas William, esq. ^\ ythenshawe, Northenden,
Manchester
Wright John, esq. Brabins hall, near Stockport
Yates Joseph St. John, esq. Wellbank, Sandbach
HUNDRED.
Folliott Rev. James, Stapeley house, Nantwich
Hinchliffe Rev. Edward
Massey Francis Elcocke, esq. Poole, Nantwich
Poole William Halsted, esq. Terrick, Whitchurch
Tollemache Wilbraham Spencer, esq. Dorfold, Nantwich
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
Barton Richard, esq. Caldy manor, Woodside
Bryans Richard, esq. Birkenhead
Harden John AVilliam, esq. Ross cottage, Rock
Birkenhead
Jackson John Somerville, esq. Birkenhead
ferry,
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
Cheshire
William Tatt m Egerton, esq
George Cornwall Legh, esq
(North.)
PUBLIC OFFICERS.
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
Cheshire {South).
Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, bart
John Tollemache, esq
LAW OFFICER
High Sheriff, William Atkinson, esq. Ashton Hayes, Clerli 1o the Lieutenancy,
Kelsall .. .'•
Lord Lieutimnni, The Marquis of Westminster, Eaton hall,
"•'•"ster
Constable of Chester Castle, John Dunstan, esq. Chester
Keejyer of House _'" Correction, Mr. George Gallop,
Knutsford
Under Sheriff, John Hostage, esq. Chester
Henry Churfon, esq. Chester
James Roscoe, esq. Knutsford
William Morris, e3q. Chester
Clerh to the Croicn, Henry Linwood Strong, esq
Clerk of t^" Peace, George Johnson, esq. Llaurhydd
Ruthin
Deputy Clerh of the Peace, Charles William Potts, esq.
Chester
County Treasurer, Charles William Potts, esq. Chester
Chief Constable, Capt. T. J. Smith, Hoole, Chester
CORONERS.
I William Johnson, esq. Marjjle
j James Nicholson, esq. Warrington

CHESHIRE.
CHESHIRE, or the shire of Chester, is a shire on the northwest
side of England, reaching the Irish Sea by the friths
or mouths of the Dee and Mersey. It is bounded on the
north by the Mersey, which divides it from Lancashire, and
by a small portion of Yorkshire, on the east by Derbyshire
and Staffordshire, on the south by Shropshire and Flintshire,
on the south-west by Denbighshire, and on the west by the
Irish Sea. It is about 32 miles from north to south, and
about 50 from east to west.
The area is rather above the average of English shires,
being 14104 square miles, or 707,078 acres, whereof 54,470 are
frith and sea shore. The area of the registration county of
Cheshire, or district formed of the Cheshire unions, and
referred to by the Registration Offices for statistical purposes,
is 692,999 acres.
The 'population of Cheshire has largely increased in this
century; at each census it hsfa been as lollows:—
1801
1811
1821
1831
1841
1851
Altogether.
192,305
227,031
~27Q,098
334,391
395,660
455,72.5
Men and Boys.
93,035
110,858
132,952
164,133
193,646
222,386
Women and Girls.
99,270
116,173
137,146
170,258
202,014
233,339
Tlie population of the registration county, in 1851, was
42a,Sp6.
The excess of females over males at each census shows
that the excess at the census of 1801 has not been proportionately
exceeded, although the early part of this
century was a period of war.
Excess of Females.
1801 6,235
1811 5,315
1821 4,194
1831 6,125
1841 8,368
1851 10,953
In this latter period the population was more than double
that of 1801, and a large emigration of males was taking
place.
The increase of the population between 1841 and 1851
is to be remarked, because in many shires in that time the
population made little progress.
Of a total population of 423,520, in 1851, 290,317 only
were born in Cheshire, 133,209, or nearly one-third, being
strangers to the shire, who had immigrated to supply the
increasing demand for labour. Of the immigrants, a large
proportion, or upwards of 40,000, were Irish, Welsh, Manx,
Highlanders, and other Celts; besides which, many of those
returned as bom in Cheshire were of that race: so that of
the total popidation only about seven-eighths were English,
and one-eighth Celts, showing a greater proportion of
Celts than is usual in English shires. Since the census
this immigration has not gone on at the same rate.
The following shows the birthplaces of the inhabitants of
the registration shu-e.
London 2,592
Surrey (extra metropolitan) .159
Kent ( do, do. ) 4oJ
Sussex 195
Hampshire i 466
Berkshire 157
Hertfordshire - 150
Buckinghamshire 221
Oxfordsnire 167
Northamptonshire 313
Essex 275
1
Suffolk £388
Norfolk 313
Wiltshire 198
Dorsetshire J. 132
Devonshire 536
Cornwall 229
Somersetshire 492
Gloucestershire 559
Herefordshire 202
Shropshire 4,552
Staflbrdshire 12,760
Worcestershire 654
Warwickshire 1,100
Leicestershire ,,... 512
Lincolnshire >.. 510
Nottinghamshire ,... 796
Derbyshire ^ .. 7,659
Cheshire L .290,317
Lancashire
^^^54JUii*
Yorkshire
:\ £>,?7io
Durham 345
Northumberland ,.. 360
Cumberland .1,190
Westmoreland 489
Welsh 18,-588
Lowlanders and Scotch Highlanders. .. ^,4C5
Manx ; 550
Irish 2«,812
British Colonies and East Indies . 479
Foreigners \ 494
Born at sea } 67
English bom abroad
i'^174
Of the adults, 229,013 in number, only 140,23J* were boi-n
in Cheshire, leaving 88,780 adult immigrants, O;* more than
one-third, showing the insufficiency of the native population
to supply the demand for labour.
The age statistics of Cheshire are, of course, much disturbed
by the large influx of male adults; but yet, from the
age of 15 to 30, the proportion of females is in excess.
following shows the
The
AGES OP MALES AND FEMALES IN CUESJIRE:—
Males. f V ^ides.
Total 207,008 ^..•' ' .6,,.18
Under 5 years .. 27,7Sij' .. 27,^3
5 .. 24,973 .. 24,602
10 .. 23,335 .. 23,958
15 .. 20,877 .. 22,?32
20 .. 18,830 .. 21,^6
2.3 .. 16,820 .. 18,341
30 .. 14,775 .. 15,

[CHESHIRE.]
The following shows the number of blind, deaf and dumb,
paupers, prisoners, and lunatics, in 1851 :—
lales. Females
Blind
184
161
Deaf and Dumb
118
108
Paupers in Workhouses 807
683
Prisoners in Prisons..
448
109
Lunatics in Asylums
112
129
The country is generally level, consisting of the vales of
the two great river systems and of the peninsula of Wirrall,
and including several meres or large ponds. Towards the
north and east the counti-y rises into low hills and moorland.
The soils consist of clayey and sandy loams and peatmoss,
overlying the new red sandstone formation.
The minerals are coal, salt, sandstone, limestone, freestone.
POST OFFICE
millstones, marl, copper, lead, and cobalt. Coal is largely
worked near Stockport, and is found in Wirrall. Salt is
obtained in great quantities fi'om mines and salt springs at
Northwich, Nantwich, Middlewich, and Winsford; it is
manufactured for the supply of England, and for the export
trade.
The country is watered by the Mersey, the Dee, and the-
Weaver, and then- brooks. The climate is moist, and, with
the soil, is favourable for pasturage. The rich dairy-land
produces the famous cheese. Many other agricultural products
are raised, stimulated by the demand in Liverpool,
Manchester, and the neighbouring manufacturing towns.
The total of farms returned at the census of 1851 was
6,636, of which 740 only were above 100 acres, and only 44
above 300 acres. Many of the small farms, however,
employed a considerable number of labourers.
Farmersj with the number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied.
Size of
Farm in
Acres.
Under 5
5
10
20
' 80
40
50
75
100
150
200
250
300
360
400
500
600
700
800
1,200
Acreage
not stated.
Number of Male Labourers employed by each of the undermentioned number of Farmers.
1
Man.
13
55
162
159
124
93
209
137
138
54
7
5
22
1,178
2
Men.
1
13
39
58
71
68
194
126
178
58
15
9
3
2
1
12
848
3
Men.
i
8
19
22
23
86
90
131
46
26
7
5
1
3
3
471
4
Men.
3
5
9
11
9
40
47
120
00
28
7
4
2
2
347
5
Men.
i
3
3
3
10
23
44
46
26
12
4
2
1
1
185
6
Men.
i
1
3
1
3
12
24
23
26
8
2
1
3
1
1
110
7
Men.
i
*i
*i
3
i?
11
10
5
1
1
The great tongue of land between the Dee and the Mersey
is called Wirrall, and includes above 100,000 acres and a
population of about 60,000, as the southern suburbs of
Liverpool are seated on its northern shores. The friths of
tlie Dee and Mersey are navigable tor shipping, and have
on them the seaports of Birkenhead and Chester. The
Weaver, ifrhich falls into the fi-ith of the Mersey, is made
navigable for vessels of a hundred tons.
-?^ie- caiMls are many, and among them are the Grand
-Trunk or Trent and Mersey canal, the Bridgewater canal,
the Ch^ter and Nantwich canal, the Macclesfield canal,
the EUesmere canal, the Peak Forest canal.
Chesffire joins the great system of railway transit by
severalfoes, chiefly connecting with the south^ and continuing,
the Lancashire communication. The London and
North Western railway is the chief of these, passing from
the souih by Stafford, Crewe, and Warrington to the north.
From Qrewe branches pass to Stockport and Manchester on
the east and to Chester and Birkenhead on the west. From
Chester lines run to Ilolyhead in North Wales, and through
Shrewsbury to the Welsh borders and to South Wales.
Other lines connect Macclesfield with Staffordshire. Crewe
is the great northern engine factory of the London and
North Western railway. The telegraph is carried throughout
the shire.
The number of houses largely increased between 1841
and 1851, the figures standing thus:—
Inhabited. Uninhabited. Building. 'Altogether.
841 .. 73,444 .. 5,864 .. 547 .. 79,855
851 • .. 85,260 .. 4,341 .. 845 ,. 90,446
The cliief manufactures are those of cotton and silk, which
bet^^eeil them employ 50,000 people. In 1851 the silk manufacture
emplojed 22,007, of whom half were mftles, and the
libbon and other smaller branches of that manufacture,
747. The cotton manufacture employed 29,474 (of whom
15,026 were, women and girls); fuman, 467; cotton printn^
and dyeing, and minor branchra, 1,127; being a total of
-i
1
52
8
Men.
1
1
1
2
1
6
8
8
6
6
40
9
Men.
i
2
3
2
6
4
4
1
1
i
25
10
Men.
1
*i
i
4
1
9
10
10
7
2
2
• 1
2
2
1
1
61
15
Men.
3
1
1
i
3
4
"i
i
15
20
Men.
2
3
25
Men.
i
i
2
JNo Men
employed,
or number
not stated.
273
571
820
425
321
219
346
145
138
51
8
5
1
"l
2
3,326
Total
number of
Farms or
Holdings.
288
644
1,036
-676
658
420
903
587
806
373
170
78
37
13
17
7
1
2
3
1
ii43
6,630
31,068. The woollen, worsted, flax, lace, and hose manufactures
are very inconsiderable* The- hat manufactures
employed 1,152.
Ship-building employed 463, chiefly on the Mersey, and
there were 108 anchorsmiths. Ropemaking employed 278
hands, and sailcloth, 89. The manufacture or chemicals
employed 180. Soap boiling employed 149. The paper
manufacture is small, and so is that of pottery. Brewing
and malting are not c^ried on so extensively as in many
other shires.
Coal mining employed 2,619; stone and lime quarries,
506; briQk-making, 926; salt-making, 1,154. Tliere are
some small works mr the copper, lead, and zinc manufactures.
The iron manufacture employed 52l; nailing, 200;
file-making, 30; and there are some macnitie works.
The following is an analysis of the occupation returns
applied iplied to Cheshire: —
Occupation. Male.
Labourer (branch undefined) 9,027
Independent 204
Annuitant 417
Female.
.. 124
.. 354
..1,859
Total.
£i,15i
458
^,270
Cheshire constituted What is called 9. county palatine,
though its jurisdiction is how nearly extlngtiished, but preserving
its own courts and high privileges as a feudal fief,
it long retained them as an appanage of the eldest sons of
the king, vUho held the Earldom of Chester, with the Principality
of Wales and Duchy of Cornwall, giving a nominal
suzerainty over the west of England.
The shire is joined with the North Wales circuit, and had
formerly its own chief justice. Chester is the shirfe town
and seat bf the ossizes and quarter sessions.
Formerly it included Lancashire south of tlie Ribble, and
was otherwise divided. It now includes seven hundreds—
Wirrall, Bucklowj Macclesfield, Northwich, Eddisbury,
Nantwich, and Broxton.
The number ol' unions in Cheshire is nine, but some

DIRECTORY.
townships run into other unions of Lancashire, &c.
Cheshu-c unions are—
No.
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
Name.
(Great Boughton&)
( Chester City .. J
Wirrall
Acres.
30,709
81 ,.561
73,665
45,776
65,445
52,889
121,051
109,793
112,110
The
Pop. 1851.
90,208
03,327
34,043
25,797
31,202
30,512
37,986
53,294
57,157
Cheshire having been fully settled by the English is very
closely divided, for the number of townships is about 500,
showing an average area of about two square miles. Some
of these townships are very small, as the following list, with
their population in 1851, shows:—Edgerley (120 acres),
none; Wallerscoat (122 acres), 7; Birches (157 acres), 8;
Ravenscroft (140 acres), 10; Caughall, 11; Grafton, 12;
Mosten, 14; Eaton, 16; Mollington, 16; Broadlane, 17;
Cotton Abbotts, 17; Hockenhull, 22; Churton Heath, 22;
Netherpool, 23; Sutton, 23; Marbury, 23; Radnor, 24;
Bache (94 acres), 24; Mooresbarrow, 25; Newhall, 27 ;
Fallybroome, 28; Lach Dennis, 28; Batherton, 28;
Clifton, 30.
The number of extra-parochial places is 10.
Fot pai'liamentary purposes the shire is divided into
North Cheshire and South Cheshire.
1851, was as follows :—
The population, in
North Cheshire 249,000
South Cheshire 206,725
Each returns two members. North Cheshire includes the
hundreds of Macclesfield and Bucklow; South Cheshire
the other hundreds.
Chester is a city, and Stockport and Macclesfield are
boroughs, each returning two members.
The towns include the ancient cathedral city of Chester, as
its name betokens, dating/rom the time of the Ilomans,having
a population of nearly 30,000 and being a seaport; Stockport,
with a population of 53.835; Macclesfield,39,048; Stalybridge
(partly in Lancashire), 20,760; Congleton, 10,520; Hyde,
[CHESHIRE.]
10,051; Runcai-n,-a shipping port on the Mersey, 8,049;
Sutton, 7,525; Nantwich, 5,426; Bollington, 4,655; Coppenhall,
4,571; Crewe, 4,491; Altrincham, 4,488; Hurdsfield,
4,016; Witton, 3,493; Mottram, 3,199: Over, 3,167;
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,
1,377 ; Tarvin, 1,181; Tarporley, 1,171; Barnton, 1,117 ;
El worth, 1,050 J Tattenhall, 982; Bunbury, 931; Hawardeii,
586. Several of these are market towns, as is Malpas. G i rat
Neston and Parkgate are small bathin" places. Birkenhead
and Tranmere are large suburbs of Liverpool on the
shores of the Mersey. There are many large manufacturing
villages in Cheshire".
Chester is the seat of a bishop within the archbishopric of
York, and the shire forms an archdeaconry subdivided into
seven deaneries. There are eighty-seven old parishes, and
up to 1851 sixty new parishes or ecclesiastical districts had
been formed.
Although the number of townships is very great, yet the
number of parishes is very small; for the single townships
do not constitute parishes, as in the south of England, but
many townships are united for ecclesiastical purposes as a
parish. The largest of these parishes are :-•
Acres.
Pop.
Prestbury 62,12.5 59,265
GreatBudworth ., 35,920 17,990
WestKu'by 34,286
Stockport 25,175 91,423
Macclesfield 29,648
Mottram 23,279 23,354
Astbury 19,602 16,501
Rostherne 19,096
Runcorn 18,906 15,047
Wybunbury 18,414
Bowden 17,971 11,228
Bebington 10,016
Hawarden 17,695
Bunbury 16,830
Sandbach 16,310
Acton 15,542
Neston 15,293
Frodsham 14,288
Middlewich 13,110
Wrenbury 11,665
Bartbomley 11,035
Eastham 10,834
Tarvin 10,571
Audlem 10,505
The census of religious worship gives the following results:—
Religious Denominations.
Number of Places of
Worship and Sittings.
Places of
Worship.
Sittings.
Number of Attendants at public worship
on Sunday, March 30th, 1851.
Morning Afternoon. Evehins
PROTESTANT CHURCHES
8.33
235,593
97,295
78,537
62,526
Church of England
United Presbyterian Church
PresJbyterian Church in England.
Independents, or Congregationalists
Bapnsts—Particular
„ Scotch
., General (New Connexion).
Baptists ^not otherwise defined)
Society of Friends '.
Uniterians
Moravians
Wesleyan Methodists—Original Connexion
„ New Connexion. ...
Primitive Methodists
Wesleyfln Association
Welsh Calvinistic Methodists
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion
Brethren ,
Isolated Congregations
OTHER CHRISTIAX CHURCHES:
Roman Catholics
Latter Day Saints
2
3
60
14
1
4
12
10
14
8
188
29
135
50
4
8
5
7
17
9
121,882
910
700
20,597
3,175
932
1,985
2,311
3,232
246
37,877
9,005
14,334
7,988
983
1,278
616
760
5,882
900
51,367
600
469
9,036
1,300
8
160
374
288
1,683
140
13,791
2,524
3,186
2,176
175
605
113
49
0,0.53
192
42,678
60
4,839
8^0
12
208
516
151
1,301
1.55
11,695
1,829
7,098
3,322
391
320
360
163
2,162
4.51
16,691
560
349
6,544
1,074
128
555
357
17,133
3,040
7,799
3,374
550
688
186
303
2,408
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
Private Day Schools
352
685
35,898
19,187
20,232
9,969
15,666
9,218
Military School
Prison School
Workhouse Schools
CLASS I.
94
16
426
70
8
271
24
8
155
CLASS
Collegiate Grammar Schools
Other Endowed Schools
II.
20
47
1,082
3,-130
1,037
2,119
45
1,311
CLASS III.
Denominational.
Church of England National
Church of England (others)
Presbyterian Church in England
Presbytei'ians (not otherwise defined)
Independents (British)
Independents (others)
Baptists
Wesleyan Methodists (British)
Wesleyan Methodists (others)
Primitive Methodists .-
Dissenters (British)
Roman Catholics
100
103
1
2
2
4
1
1
21
1
1
10
13,283
9,221
34
340
280
409
02
150
2,416
45
101
1,140
6,9,34
4,875
24
203
176
239
41
102
1,485
29
35
605
0,349
4,346
10
143
104
170
21
48
931
16
06
535
British
Undenominationu I.
788
301
CLASS IV.
Ragged School
Factory Schools
Railway School
Other J^ubscription Schools of no specific character
1
5
1
16
177
916
396
785
82
460
200
449
95
456
196,
336
The Sunday Schools are as follows :—
Religious Denominations to which the Schools belong.
Schools.
Number of Schools and Scholars.
Total.
Male.
Female.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
PROTESTANT CHURCHES:—
Church of England
United Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church in England ...
Independents
Baptists
Society of Friends
Unitarians
Moravians
Wesleyan Methodists
Methodists—New Connexion
Primitive Methodists
Wesleyan Association
Independent Methodists
Calvinistic Methodists
Brethren
Undefined Protestant Congregations
OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES:—
Roman Catholics
545
202
2
3
58
19
1
11
1
112
14
51
38
8
2
1
14
71,270
2.5,743
315
215
8,884
1,517
17
1,307
180
13,063
2,608
4,514
3,988
646
130
10
6,218
1,915
34,842
12,149
.155
101
4,257
820
10
751
88
6,398
1,271
2,308
2,158
328
72
8
3,083
885
36,428
13,594
160
114
4,627
697
7
556
- 92
6,665
1,337
2,206
1,830
318
58
2
3,135
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 centuries
it was the scene of frequent warfare with the Welsh.
King of Bernicia; but it was recovered by the Welsh, who
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.