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DIRECTORY.] CHESHIRE. BUNBURY. 201Aldersey's charity: the present school, erected in1874, is a buUding in the Gothic style: the governingbody is the Haberdashers' Company of London, subjectto the control of the Cheshire County Goundl:the head master can receive 10 boarders in his house;George Frederick Dutton, head masterPublic Elementary School (girls 4 infants), erected in1830, for 90 girls & 65 infants; average attendance,56 girls 4 61 infants; Miss Florence E. B. Wager,mistressBEESTON is a township in the union ot Tarvin, 2 mileswest-north-west from Bunbury and 3 south from Tarporley,with a station, called Beeston Castle, on the Creweand Chester section of the London and North Westernrailway; the township is also intersected by the ShropshireUnion canal. There is a mission room, in whichservices are held by the Wesleyans, Primitive Methodistsand Baptists. A cattle fair is held here on Mondaysevery week, and is weU attended. Beeston Castle,which occupies a romantic and impregnable siteon the summit of a huge and lofty isolated rock, wasfounded about 1220 by Ranulph de Meschines (sumamedde Blundeville), 4th Earl of Chester, after his secondreturn from the Holy Land; the castle was a place ofgreat strength, to which its natural position largelycontributed, but after the surrender of Chester to theParliamentary forces, 3 Feb. 1646, it was dismantled,and has since been allowed to fall into ruins. A well,frequently mentioned by antiquaries, extends to thedepth of Beeston brook in the valley below (122 yards);the castle is the property of Lord Tollemache. who islord of the manor and principal landowner. "The areais 1,966 acres; rateable value, ^^6,617; the populationin 1901 was 285.Letters from Tarporley. The nearest money order 4telegraph offices are at Tarporley, 3 miles, k Bunbury,2 miles distantWall Box, near Mr. Pinnington's, blacksmith, cleared at6.30 p.m. week days onlyWall Letter Box, Beeston Castle inn, cleared at 10 a.m,fc 7.15 & 8.30 p.m.; Sundays, 11.35 a.mPubUc Elementary School for boys, girls (mixed) &infants, erected in 1894-5 by the late Lord Tollemache,for 80 children; average attendance, 60; Miss ElizaAnnie WilUams, mistressEailway Station, Samuel Bostock, station masterCALVELEY is a small scattered village and township,with a station on the Chester and Crewe section of theLondon and North Westem railway, 3^ miles southeastfrom Tarporley. The chapel of ease to Bunbury,erected here about 1838 is an edifice ot brick and stone,consisting of nave only. The Rev. Edgar Stockdale,perpetual curate of St. David's, Wettenhall, has beencurate here since 1889. There is a sum of ^^25 yearlyfor the repairs of the Causeway, arising from landgiven in exchange for the Hermitage lands by LordToUemache. Calveley Hall, the residence of John JuliusJersey de Knoop esq. J.P. is an ancient mansion,pleasantly standing in a well-wooded park of about 60acres, i mile from Calveley and 4 miles from Beestonstations, both on the London and North Western railway.Lieut.-Col. William Bromley-Davenport, ot GapesthorneHaU, is lord of the manor and chief landowner; thereare also several smaller proprietors. The area is 1,546acres; rateable value, ;^4,36o; the population in 1901was 312.Letters through Tarporley via Alpraham.The nearestmoney order fc telegraph office is at Alpraham, one miledistantWall Letter Box, near Parkfield House farm, cleared at6.20 p.m.; Sundays, 9.40 a.mPublic Elementary School (mixed), buUt in 1875, for220 boys fc girls; average attendance, 93; WilliamGore, masterRailway Station, Beginald John Header, station masterHAUGHTON is a township and smaU village, i^ milessouth from Calveley station on the Crewe and Chestersection of the London and North Western railway. Hereis a Mission hall, erected in 1909 by E. Brocklebankesq. and served from Bunbury. Comberbach's charityof 108. is distributed to the poor, Haughton HaU, theseat of Balph Brocklebank esq. D.L., J.P. who is lordof the manor and the principal landowner, was rebuiltin 1891-2. The area is 1,087 acres; rateable value,;^2,4oo; the population in 1901 was 163.By Local Government Board Order a detached partof Haughton was, in 1888, annexed to Spurstow.Letters from Tarporley. Bunbury, 2 miles distant, isthe nearest money order 4 telegraph officeWall Box, near Nag's Head P.H. cleared at 5.35 p,m. ;Sundays, 10,35 ^-"^PECKFORTON is a township 3 miles south-west fromBeeston Gastle station on the Grewe and Chester sectionof the London and North Westem railway, and 3J southfrom Tarporley. Peckforton Castle, the seat of LordToUemache, situated on a wooded height overlooking onthe north side the -wide valley which separates it fromthe still more commanding rock and ruined fortress ofBeeston, was erected during the period 1844-50, by thefirst Lord Tollemache, and is a magnificent building ofred sandstone, quarried on the estate, and its drcularkeep forms a landmark for many miles: attached tothe castle is a domestic chapel, the services of whichare open to the neighbouring inhabitants; the Rev. JohnTaylor Clegg B.A. incumbent ot Burwardsley, has beenchaplain since 1902. The area is 1,754 acres; rateablevalu^ £3,356; the population in 1901 was 176.Letters from Tarporley. The nearest money order &telegraph office is at Bunbury, about 2 miles distantThe children of this place attend Beeston schoolRIDLEY is a township 3J miles south from BeestonGastle station on the Crewe and Chester section of theLondon and North Western railway, and 5 south fromTarporley. The Earl of Cottenham is lord of the manorand principal landowner. The area is 1,458 acres; rateablevalue, ;^2,io8 ; the population in 1901 was 109.Letters from Tarporley. The nearest M. 0. 4 T. Officeis at Bunbury, 2J miles distantPublic Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1877 &enlarged in 1906, for 40 boys 4 girls; average attendance,42; Mrs. Amy "Tissington, mistressSPURSTOW is a township 2J miles south from BeestonCastle station on the Crewe and Chester section of theLondon and North Western railway, in the Nantwichunion and county court district. "There is a PrimitiveMethodist chapel, erected in 1844. Here is a springpossessing medicinal qualities, which formerly wasresorted to for bathing. The Earl of Crewe K,G., P.C.is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. Inthis township is Lower Spurstow Hall, an ancient seatof the Alderseys, to whom it still belongs, but is occupiedas a farmhouse by Mr. Hugh R. Dutton. SpurstowHall, some time the seat of the family of that name,is now used as a farmhouse. Oaklands, a red brickmansion, standing in a park of n acres, is the propertyof Mrs. Gordon. The area is 1,832 acres; rateablevalue, ;^3,37i; the population in 1901 was 434.Post Office.—John Gamer, sub-postmaster. Letters;from Tarporley are delivered at 7.20 a.m. ; dispatchedat 9.25 a.m. 4 5.35 & 6.50 p.m. ; no sunday delivery.The nearest money order 4 telegraph office is atBunbury, 2 miles distantPublic Elementary School (mixed), built in 1872 by thelate Lord Crewe; it wiU hold 150 boys 4 girls; averageattendance, 71; Mrs. Martha Edge, mistressWARDLE (or WardhuU) is a township and scatteredvillage, ij mUes south-east from Calveley station onthe Crewe and Chester section of the London and NorthWestern railway, 4 nort'o-west from Nantwich and 5south-east from' Tarporley, in the Eastern division of theEddisbury hundred. The Shropshire Union RaUwayand Canal Company have a wharf in this township.Draining tiles for agricultural purposes are manufacturedhere. The manor, at the Norman accession, wasgiven to Hugo de Mara, probably one of the king'sNorman foUowers. The local name was early assumedby the family in possession; and it appears from certainrecords that Catherine de Wrenbury gave all herlands in Wrenbury to PhiUp, son of David de Egerton,these lands being described as Wordel Park and Le Breres.By inquisitions in the reigns of Henry VI. Richard III. andHenry VII, these lands were found to be held from theGrosvenors of Holme. The Bren-etons afterwards heldthem from the Egertons, with the moiety of the baronyof Malpas. Wardle subsequently became the property ofthe Priesthmd family, from whom it was purchased byThomas Wilbraham, of Woodhey, esq. and thence descendedto the Earl of Dysart. Lord ToUemache is lordof the manor and principal landowner. Wardle HaU, anancient building of brick and wood, was formerly inclosedby a moat, but, with the exception of a portion onthe south-east side, this bas now been fiUed up, and in