Waverton

"WAVERTON, a parish in the lower division of Broxton hundred, county Chester, 4 miles S.E. of Chester, its post town, and 6 from Tarporley. It is a station on the London and North-Western railway. The village is situated on the Crewe railway and Nantwich and Chester canal. The parish includes a township of its own name, and those of Hatton and Huxley. In the parish are a stone quarry, steam flour-mill, cement works, &c. The soil consists chiefly of clay. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Chester, value £110, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was restored in 1845. The parochial charities produce about £5 per annum. There are National schools for both sexes, and church and Sunday schools at Huxley. The Calvinists have a chapel at Eggbridge. The Marquis of Westminster is lord of the manor."

"HATTON, a township in the parish of Waverton, lower division of the hundred of Broxton, county Chester, 5 miles S.E. of Chester, and 6 W. of Tarporley. This township is chiefly pasture, and is famous for cheese. The village consists of several scattered farmhouses and a few cottages. Lord Henry Cholmondeley is owner of the soil."

"HUXLEY, a township in the parish of Waverton, lower division of the hundred of Broxton, county Chester, 4½ miles E. of Waverton, and 3½ S.W. of Tarporley. It is situated near the Chester and Crewe railway, and the Chester canal, which passes-on the S. side of the township. The New Connexion Methodists have a place of worship; and a school was erected in 1851, on land given by Randle Wilbraham, Esq. Here are situated the mansions of Higher and Lower Huxley Hall: the former passed along with the estates of the Savages to the Cholmondeley family."