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DIBECTORY.]BACKFOED.Glegg Birkenhead, Backford hallNew Bev. James Marr M.A. (vicar).VicarageCOMMERCIAL,Davies Emma (Miss), farmerDavies John, farmerDawson John, farmerDutton John, farmerEdwards John, shoe maker,Post officeEvans Emma (Mrs.), farmerFord James, gardenerHughes William, farmerJones Thomas, farmer. The CottageLewis Thomas, farmerThomas George, farmerWUliams Samuel, farmerWiUiams Thomas, farmerWillis Joseph H. farmerCAUGHALL,Cheers Harold, farmr. Caughall manorWorrall Thos. farmr. Caughall farmCHESHIRE.GHORLTON.Walker William Henderson esq. GhorltonhallCheers Clifford, farmerDenson Frederick, farmerNewport WiUiam, farmerThomas John, farmerWoodfine Samuel, farmerLEA,Hughes James Edward, Lea haUCarter Wilfred, farmer. Lea Hall frmDean Joseph, blacksmith k farmerDonnelly Frances (Mrs.), farmerHough John, farmer k wheelwrightJones WiUiam James,farmer, DunkirkLloyd William, farmerMOLLINGTON.Ayrton Frederick R. SunnysideFrost Thos. Gibbons, Mollington hallHulse George, Spring bankNelson Thomas Cormack, MollingtonBanastreNicholson Charles M. The WiUowsBADDIXiET is a township, parish and scattered village,about 2 miles north from Wrenbury railway stationon the Crewe and Shrewsbury branch of the London andNorth Western railway, 4 south-west from Nantwich,10 north-east from Malpas, 18 south-east from Chesterand 166 from London, in the Eddisbury division of thecounty, Nantwich union and county court district, pettysessional division of Nantwich, Audlem division of theNantwich hundred, rural deanery of Nantwich andarchdeaconry and diocese of Chester. The Chester andEUesmere canal passes through the parish. The churchof St. Michael is a small but ancient building of stone,cased with brick, and consists of chancel, nave and westernporch, above which is a small turret containing 2bells. The register dates from the year 1579. Theliving is a rectory, net yearly value ;£^i28, with 8J acresof glebe and residence, in the gift of Lord Tollemache,and held since 1908 by the Eev. WiUiam Owen GrocottM.A. of St. John's College, Oxford, who is also perpetualcurate of Woodhey. There is a Wesleyan chapel,erected in 1878. The charities of Dame Martha Mainwaringand T. Bromball, together yvith other smallerBAGULEY. 57Stephen Peter, The OrossloomsCOMMERCIAL.Barlow Charles, bailiff k gardener toC M. Nicholson esqDavies Frederick W. farmerDavies John E. farmer. Grove farmDavies Samuel, assist, overseer &cDavies Thomas, farmerDavies WiUiam, farmer, Tarrant frmFarraU Thos. frmr. Crosslooms farmGodwin Sarah (Mrs.), cowkeeperHughes John, brick k tile makerLancelotte Joseph, rose growerLittler Et. farmer. Coal Pit Lane frmMartin Annie (Mrs.), farmerMinshull John, farmer, Eose farmPeers John, boot makerPowell John, farmerEavenshaw Eobert, farmerStephen Peter, land k estate agent,appraiser k valuer, architect &; landsurveyorWiUiamson George, brewerWorrall Eichard, farmergifts, produce about ;^52 yearly, in trust with thechurchwardens for distribution amongst poor families,the heads of which shall bring up their children toread and write and attend divine service at the parishchurch. Here are the waterworks belonging to theNantwich Urban District Council, erected in 1S54.Mrs. Macdonald, of Betley HaU, who is lady of themanor, and Lord Tollemache are the chief landowners.The soil is various; subsoil, clay and sand. The landis chiefiy in pasture, and the usual crops are grown.The area is 1,760 acres of land and 17 of water; rateablevalue, ;^3,309; the population in 1901 was 211 inthe civil and 231 in the ecclesiastical parish. By theDivided Parishes Act, detached parts of Baddiley,known as Burland Green and Foxley's Farm, were in1882 added to Burland, and at the same date otherdetached parts were annexed to Faddiley, and in 1888 afurther detached part was added to Brindsby.Letters through Nantwich. Wall Letter Box, cleared at6.30 p.m. by foot post. Wrenbury is the nearestmoney order office, & Acton the nearest telegraphoffice, 3 miles distantGrocott Rev. William Owen M.A. Furber WiUiam, farmer,Baddiley hall Mottram Wm. farmer. Yew Tree ho(rector of Baddiley k perpetual \ Hitchin Thos. Lewis, frmr. High fields Murray Thos. Hy. cowkpr. Rose cotcurate of Woodhey), Rectory ' Hockenhull Jn. farmer, Dairy farm Nantwich Urban District Water WorksCOMMERCIAL.Holland John, farmer, Blackhurst Pennington WiUiam, farmer. Mere hoBirchaU John, farmer. Crab Mill farm' Jackson Wm. farmer, Baddiley cot Pickford Thos. farmer, Baddiley hoChesters Wm. farmer. Spring lane I Johnson Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Spring Wilkinson John, cowkeeperDutton Hannah (Mrs.), farmer. Bad-! Lane hallYoung Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmerdiley farm'Jones WUliam, cowkeeperBAGTJIiEY is a township, village and parish, formed in1868 out of the parish of Bowdon, with a station on theCheshire Lines railway, 2J miles east-by-north from Altrincham,13I east from "Warrington, 6J north-west fromStockport and 8 south from Manchester, in the Altrinchamdivision of the county, Altrincham petty sessionaldivision and county court district, Bucklow hundred andunion, rural deanery of Bowdon, archdeaconry of Macclesfieldand diocese of Chester. The viUage is suppliedwith water by the North Cheshire Water Co, Thechurch of St. John the Divine, Brooklands road, erectedin 1867, is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consistingof chancel, nave, transepts, north-west porch anda turret on the western gable containing one beU: thereare 500 sittings. The register dates from the year 1867.The living is a vicarage, net yearly value ;^23o, in thegift of the trustees of the late Sir W. C Brooks bart.and the late Thomas Brooks esq. and held since 1876by the Rev. Hugh BetheU Jones M.A. of Trinity College,DubUn, B.D. of the University of Durham, and hon,canon of Chester, Connected with the church is a largeParish Boom at Marsland road. Sale, There are Baptistand Wesleyan chapels, and a Congregational chapel,erected in 1869. The Baguley Sanatorium for InfectiousDiseases (except smallpox), situate on the BaguleyLodge Estate, was erected by the Withington UrbanDistrict CouncU, at an estimated cost of ;^6o,i3S, andopened on October 4th, 1902, by the i6th Earl of Derby(d. 1908); there are 100 beds, and accommodation for25 nurses. The manor of Baguley, or, as it was originallyspelt, "BaggUey," was held in 1319 by Sir W,BaggUey, from whom it passed by marriage to the Leghs,of Booths, near Knutsford, and after haying been intheir possession for about three centuries, it became theproperty of the Aliens, Viscounts Allen, a title whichbecame extinct on the death, 21 Sept. 1845, of JoshuaWUliam, 6th viscount; the manor was subsequentlytransferred, by purchase, to the late Thomas "WUliamTatton esq. (d. 1885), whose son, the present possessor,holds a court for the manor of Baguley every year.Baguley Hall is an excellent example of the domesticarchitecture of the time of Edward III.; the mansionwas originaUy quadrangular; the one side stiU remainingincludes the great haU, and is in good repair; it isnow occupied as a farmhouse. Thomas Egerton "Tattonesq. J.P. of Wythenshawe HaU, is lord of the manorand chief landowner. The Earl ot Stamford is alsolord of another manor in the township. The soil issandy and stiff clay, and the subsoil red marl. Marketgardening is carried on very extensively here, and isthe chief occupation. The area is 1,805 acres; rateablevalue, ;^io,i48; the population in 1901 wa.s 834,and the ecclesiastical population in 1901 was 982.Letters are received through Altrincham. Wall LetterBox cleared at 8 & 9.15 a.m. 12 noon k 3.15 & 7.45p.m.; Sunday, 5.45 p.m. Timperley is the nearestmoney order & telegraph officeSt. John's Public Elementary School, erected in 1879k enlarged in 1903, for 150 children; average attendance,105 ; Miss Emily Gresty, mistress; divine serviceis held in the school every sunday evening duringwinter monthsThis school is under the control ot the Sale EducationSub-Committee;clerkBailway Station, James Faulkner, station masterWalter Taylor, Free Library, Sale,