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DlKECTORY.]CHESHIRE.Mason E. G. ft Co. steam brick ft i Moore Samuel James, agent for thedrain pipe manufacturers (letters Shropshire Union Rly. fc Canal Gothrough Tarporley)' Oulton Robert, farmer. Old haUBHELEYDAM is an ecclesiastical paris'h formed Feb.i6, 1869, from the ecclesiastical parishes of Audlem andActon; it is in the Eddisbury division of the county,hundred, petty sessional division and union of Nantwich,in the county court district of Whitchurch, rural deaneryof Nantwich and archdeaconry and diocese of Ohester.The village of Burleydam is on the road from Audlem toWhitchurch (Salop), 3 jniles south from Wrenbury stationon the Crewe and Whitchurch section ot the Londonand North Westem railway, 3 west from Audlem stationon the Wellington and Grewe section ot the Great Westernrailway, 7 south-west from Nantwich and 5 north-eastfrom Whitchurch (Salop), and is partly in the townshipot Dodcott-cum-WUksley and partly in the township ofNewhall. The church of St. Michael, buUt in 1769 bySir Lynch Cotton bart, and enlarged in 1886, is a cruciformedifice of brick with stone dressings, in the Normanstyle, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, north porch,vestry and organ chamber on the south side, and awestern beU cot containing one bell: there are 250sittings: the churchyard adjoins and is inclosed with anirou palisading. The register of baptisms dates fromPRIVATE RESIDENTS.Adamson Rev. James BardeU M.A(vicar). VicarageConwy W. G. Rowly, Blue BacheFoden Edward ABURTON. 20.SVernon Henry, shopkeeper (lettersthrough Tarporley)the year 1770. Tho living is a vicarage, net yearlyvalue ;^23o, including 46 acres of glebe with residence,in the gift of Viscount Combermere, and held since1888 by the Rev. James BardeU Adamson M.A. ofEmmanuel College, Cambridge. The Vicarage house,near the church, was built about 1862. ViscountCombermere is the principal landowner. The soil ismixed; subsoil, clay and sand. The land is chiefiy inpasture for dairy purposes. The area is included underDodcott-cum-WUksley and Newhall townships; thepopulation in 1901 was 405.Parish Clerk, John Taylor.Post, M. 0., T. & Telephonic Express DeUvery Office.—Mrs. Elizabeth Whittles, sub-postmistress. Lettersthrough Whitchurch (Salop), arrive at 7.5 a.m.; dispa4)chedat 5.45 p.m. fc 10 a.m. on sundayPublic Elementary School (mixed), with master's house,built in 1872, on land given by the 2iid Visco'unt Combermere,at a cost of ^900, for 120 children; averageattendance, 99; Joseph Arthur Warner, master;Mrs. J. A. Warner, infants' mistressCOMMERCIAL.Bourne Harriet (Mrs.), farmer, GoldsmithhouseCombermere Estate Office (EdwardA. Foden, agent)Dutton Samuel (exors. of), farmers,Burleydam farmBDBTON is a township, parish and viUage on theestuary of the Dee; it was once a market town and stiUbas the right to hold markets, and is three-quarters ofa mile south-east from Burton Point station on the NorthWales and Liverpool line, 2 south from Hadlow Road stationand 3J from Hooton station, both on the Londonand North Western and Great Western joint railwaysbranch line from Hooton to West Kirby, 8| north-westfrom Chester and 12 south from Birkenhead, in theWirral division of the county, higher division of the hundredof Wirral, petty sessional division and union ofWirral, county court district of Birkenhead, rural deaneryot WyrehaU, or Wirral, and archdeaconry and dioceseof Chester. The church of St. Nicholas, rebuilt (withthe exception of the east end of the north aisle) in 1721,was thoroughly restored and re-seated in 1870 at a cost of;^2,ooo, the chancel being rebuilt at the sole expense otthe late Wm. Gongreve esq.; it now consists of chancel,nave, north aisle and a western tower containing a clockand 6 bells: there are 250 sittings. The register datesfrom the year 1538. The living is a vicarage, net yearlyvalue ;^i30, with residence, in the gift ot H. N. Gladstoneesq. who is lay impropriator, and held since1902 hy the Rev. Patrick Frank Arthur Morrell B.A. ofLondon University. An Institute was erected in 1906 byH. N. Gladstone esq. J.P. Here was formerly a hospital,to which Alexander de Stavensby, Bishop of Lichfield(1224-40), appropriated the tithes of Burton. HenryVII. in 1494 8^'^e the hospital, with the rectorial andvicarial tithes and glebe, to the hospital of St. John atLichfield, and they are stiU held by that charity, butare leased with the glebe to H. N. Gladstone esq. Afair, formerly held on the festival of St. James (25July), is now discontinued. There is a poor's fund of£1 i6s. yearly for distribution in kind and money.Burton Manor, a mansion beautifully seated above theDee estuary and close to the village, is the seat ofHenry NeviUe Gladstone esq. J.P. who is lord of themanor and owns the whole township of Burton, withthe exception of the glebe, which he rents from St.John's Hospital, Lichfield. Thomas WUson, Bishop ofSodor and Man (1697-1755), and author of the wellknown" Sacra Privata" and other devotional works,who was born here in 1663, and died 7 March, 1755,BURTON Henshaw Samuel,Gladstone Henry NeviUe J.P. BurtonmanorHope Charles Edwd. J.P. Bank houseMorrell Rev. Patrick FrankB.A. (vicar^. VicarageArthurCOMStEHCIAL.Bowcock James, farlinerCharmley Joseph', fai;mer,Heath farmChesworth Wilham, farmerCross Margaret (Mrs.), farmerDawson Eichard, farmersexton fc verger „ ^ «Howe Arthur A. shopkeeper. Post oHHulse John, farmerInstitute (Richard MeU*r, sec)Johnson John, farmer. Rake farmKemp Charles, farmer, MiU farmKemp WiUiam, farmerLane James, gardener to H. N. Gladstone esq. J.P , . ^ „Lane Thomas, gamekeeper to t±.Gladstone esq. J.PMarlev Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeperFoden Edward A. land agent to ViscountCombermereHuntbach Emma J. (Mrs.), farmerHuntbach William Richard, farmer,Dods greenMoss Joseph, Combermere Arms P.HWhittles Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer,Post officefounded a school here for the instruction of childrenof the parishioners of Burton. The area of thetownship, which includes the Salt Marsh, is 1,963acres; rateable value, ;^3,i28; the population in 1901was, parish 348; township 222.Sexton and Verger, Samuel Henshaw.Post Office.—Arthur A. Howe, sub-postmaster. Lettersthrough Chester, via Great Neston, arrive at 7.40a.m.; dispatched at 6.10 p.m.; Sundays, n.25 a.m.Great Neston, 3 miles distant, is the nearest moneyorder fc telegraph officePublic Elementary (Endowed) School, founded by BishopWilson, fc enlarged in 1909, for 96 children; averageattendance, 48; the endowment formerly consisted of26 acres, producing ;^38 yearly; the land was purchasedby the late W. Gongreve esq. fc the purchasemoneynow produces from the Ecclesiastical Commissionersan income of ;^6i yearly; Thomas Bostock,master; Miss Jane Woodward, assistant mistressRaUway Station (Great Central RaUway), Burton Point,John Smith, station masterPUDDINGTON, on the estuary of the Dee, is a townshipand viUage in the parish of Barton, 3 miles southwestfrom Ledsham station on the London and NorthWestern and Great Western joint railways, ij south-eastfrom Burton Point station on the North Wales and Liverpoolline, 7i north-west from Chester and 13 south fromBirkenhead. The tithes are impropriate, and belong toSt. John's Hospital, Lichfield. Here is a WesleyanMethodist chapel. Puddington HaU is occupied bySamuel Sanday esq. J.P. who, together with H. N.Gladstone esq. J.P., A. B. Earl esq. and Mr. JohnRoberts, is the chief landowner. The area, which include.^the Salt Marsh, is 1,388 acres of land and 3 of water;rateable value, ;^2,8o8; the population in 1901 was126.Post Office.—WUliam Wilcoxon, sub-postmaster. Lettersthrough Chester via Great Neston, dispatched at5.50 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. Great Neston is thenearest money order fc telegraph office, 4milesdistantwheelwright, &NParry Ellen (Miss), farmerParry Harry, baUiff to H. N. Gladstoneesq. J.PParry Ric'nard, farmerPostou' George, clock makerTaylor Thomas, masonTickle Ann (Mrs.),farmr. Barn farm.Tickle Thos; farmer, Dunstan farmPUDDINGTON.! PRIVATE RESIDENTS.j CaldweU Arthur WI Earl Arthur B. The Old haU