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DIBECTORY.] CHESHIRE, GARRINGTON. 205CAPBM'HD'BST is a township, viUage and ecclesiasticalparish formed in 1859, comprising the township The chief crops are oats. The acreage of the township isstation and the church. The soil is clay; subsoil, sand.of Capenhurst, taken out of the ancient parish of Shotwick,together with the township of Ledsham, in the population in 1901 of the township was 159, and of1,200 of land and 4 of water; rateable value, ;^4,o69;the Wirral division ot the county, hundred of Wirral, the ecclesiastical parish, 241.petty sessional division of Chester Gastle, Chesterunion and county court district, rural deanery of Wirral, Sexton, George Jones.archdeaconry and diocese of Chester. The village has a Letters from Chester via Little Sutton, arrive at 8.15station on the London and North Western and Great a.m. 4 5.35 p.m. The nearest money order 4 telegraphoffice is at Little Sutton, 3 miles distant. WallWestern joint railway, and is 6J miles north-north-westfrom Chester and 10 south-west from Birkenhead. The Lette* Box cleared at 8.40 a.m. & 5.35 p.m. ; nochurch of Holy Trinity, erected and endowed in 1859 by Sunday collectionthe late Rev. Richard Richardson M.A. of Capenhurst Public Elementary School, built in 1892, for 80 children; average attendance, 53; Miss Margaret Brookes,Hall, is an edifice of red sandstone in the Decoratedstyle, and consists ot chancel, nave, south porch, and a mistresswestern tower, with shingled spire, containing 4 bells :Railway Station, William Davies, station masterthe tower, the base of which forms a baptistery, wasbuilt in 1890, in memory of the founder, by his family ; LEDSHAM is a township in the parish of Capenhurst,the stained east window was erected by him in 1876 Wirral union and Birkenhead county court district, i^in memory of Fanny, his wife, and the west window, miles south-west from Ledsham station on the Londonplaced in 1901, is a memorial to his daughter, Miss and North Western and Great Western joint railway,Helen Richardson, and there are others to Thomas and and I mile north-west from Capenhurst. Here is aCatherine Davies, William Knowles and James Maddock;six others are also stained; a carved lych-gate Council, who acquired the land in 1908 for small hold­Presbyterian chapel (Welsh). The Cheshire Countywas erected in 1906: the church affords 150 sittings. ings, are the principal landowners. The area is 825The register dates from the year 1859. The living wasacres; rateable value, ;^3,o94; the population in 1901declared a rectory July 31st, 1868, net yearly valuewas 82.£170, with residence, in the gift of Richard Taswell Post Office.—William Moyer, sub-postmaster. LettersRichardson esq. and held since 1908 by the Rev. through Chester via Little Sutton arrive at 8.40 a.m.Richard Pilkington Watson M.A. of Emmanuel College, 4 5 50 p.m.; dispatched at 8.35 a.m. 4 6 p.m. weekCambridge. Capenhurst Hall, the seat of Richard TaswellRichardson esq. B.A., J.P. lord of the manor and office is at Little Sutton, i^ miles distantdays only. The nearest money order & telegraphchief landowner, is a mansion of red brick close to the Railway Station, Henry Evan JonesCAPENHURST.Richardson Richard TasweU B.A., J.P.Maddock James 4 Mary 4 HannahCapenhurst hall; fc Carlton ftUnited University clubs, LondonSWWatson Bev. Richard Pilkington M.A.(rector). The Rectory(Misses), farmers, Manor farmMaddock Chas. farmer. Church farmMaddock John, farmer, Old hallMaddock Thomas, farmer. Park farmPeers EUzabeth (Mrs.), farmerPrince Richard, gamekeeper toLeonard Watson esqSimpson Mary (Mrs.), cowkeeperThomas Elizabeth (Miss), cowkeeperCOMMERCIAL.Carter John Richard, farmerCash George ft Sons, builders&frmrsCordiner John Richard, farmerHumphreys Henry, farmerJackson John, gardener to RichardTaswell Richardson esq. J.P. &assistant overseerJones Edward (Mrs.),farmr.Two MillsJones Joseph, farmer, Powey laneKnowles Martha (Mrs.), farmerLea James, farmerCAPESTHOBNE is a township, on the road fromCongleton to Gheadle, 5 mUes west-south-west from Mac­LEDSHAM.Bostock William, farmerBurnett William Henry, farmerCooke Thomas Barnett, farmerCrimes William, farmerDavies John, market gardenerEdge Samuel, farmerclesfield, 6J north from Congleton and about 2\ southeastfrom Chelford station on the Crewe and Manchestersection of the London and Norf^h Western railway, in theparish of Prestbury, Knutsford division of the county,petty sessional division of Prestbury, hundred, unionand county court district of Macclesfield, in the ruraldeanery and archdeaconry of Macclesfield and diocese ofChester. The chapel of Holy Trinity, built in 1722 byJohn Ward esq. is an edifice of red brick, in the Elizabethanstyle, consisting of chancel and nave. The chapelwas thoroughly restored and a new mosaic reredos placedin the chancel in 1888 by Mrs. Bromley-Divenport, asa memorial to her husband, W. Bromley-Davenport esq.M.P. d. 1884; seven memorial windows were also placedbv his seven children: the chapel affords 60 sittings.The Uving is a perpetual curacy, with SiddingtonFellows Thomas Henry, farmerFernyhough Frederick Harry, farmerGerrard Walter, market gardenerGodbold George, farmerGoodier Thomas, farmerHardern Thomas William, farmerJohnson Joseph, farmerKnowles John Ealph, farmr.Two MillsLancaster Edmund Percy, farmerLancaster Ellen (Mrs.), farmerLancaster Herbert, farmerLee Thomas Edward, farmerMoyer Wm. market gardener,Post offParkes E. market gardenerSmallwood William Baxter, farmerWelch Charles, farmerWiUiams William, farmerWilson William, farmerYoung John, farmerin the gift of Lieut.-Col. W. Bromley-Davenport D.S.O.and held since 1888 by the Eev. John George ElstobM.A. of Durham University, and rural dean of Macclesfield.Gapesthorne Hall, a large Elizabethan mansion ofbrick with stone dressings, consists of a centre and twowings within an extensive and well-wooded park, whichhas several fine sheets of water stocked with fish; thegardens are extensive and well laid out; it is the seatof Lieut.-Col. William Bromley-Davenport D.S.O., D.L.,J.P. the sole landowner and lord of the manor. The soilis sandy; subsoil, sand. The chief crops are corn androots, but most of the land is in pasture. The populationin 1901 was 76. The area is 718 acres of landand 26 of water; rateable value, ;^i,389.Letters through Grewe. The nearest telegraph officeis at Alderley, half a mile distantThe children of this place attend the school at Sid­annexed, net yearly value £3^^, with 90 acres of glebedingtonBromley-Davenport Lt.-Col. William Elstob Rev. John George M.A. (in^ Dewar Alex.gardener,Gapesthorne haUD.S.O., D.L., J.P.Gapesthorne haU; cumbent, 4 rural dean of Macclesfield),Fan shaw houseHoUinshead Francis, farmerGowing John, gamekeeperfc Carlton club, London S WDavies WUliam, Mill laneCarsweU WiUiam, agent to Lt.-Gol. W. Walkley Frank, farmerBromley-Davenport D.S.OCAEBINGTON, on the south bank of the Mersey, tributions: the church plate of solid sUver, datedwhich here separates the counties of Chester and Lancaster,is a parish, i mile north from Partington station Bowdon, to which it was presented by Mary, Coun-tess1688, originally belonged to the church of St. Mary's,on the Cheshire Lines railway, 8j mUes from Manchester,II from Warrington, 5 north-west from of which 50 are free. The register dates from the yearof Stamford, in 1759: the church affords 250 sittings,Altrincham, in the Altrincham division of the county, 1759. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value ;^840,hundred of Bucklow, Bucklow union, Altrincham county with 17 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of thecourt district, rural deanery of Bowdon, archdeaconry ot trustees of the late Earl of Stamford, and held sinceMacclesfield and diocese of Chester. The ecclesiastical 1882 by the Rev. Arthur George Digby Walsh B.A.parish was formed September 15, 1887, from the ot Balliol College, Oxford, who is non-resident. ThecivU parish of Bowdon. The church of St. George, Rev. Charles Stewart Stubbs M.A. of Pembroke College,erected in 1759, is a plain edifice of brick, consisting Cambridge, has been curate in charge since 1897. Hereof nave and a western turret with cupola containing are extensive sewage farms and market gardens belongingto the Corporation ot Manchester. The land, nowone bsU, dated 1759: a new organ was erected in1389, at a cost of ;^i8o, raised by voluntary con- ab'ouk 1,179 acres, includes Garrington Moss, and was