Aldford

"ALDFORD, a parish partly in the upper, partly in the lower division of the hundred of Broxton, in the county palatine of Chester, 5 miles to the S. of Chester. It is situated on the river Dee, which forms its western boundary, and is now crossed by a good bridge, in place of the "old ford" alluded to in the name of the parish. It is near the Shrewsbury railway. It includes the chapelry of Churton Heath and the townships of Great Boughton and Edgerley, and was formerly a market town. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Chester, value £330, in the patronage of the Marquis of Westminster. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The courts, leet and baron, for the manor are held here. There is a free grammar school with a good endowment, and a school supported by subscription, the school-room being built by Earl Grosvenor. There are also six almshouses for poor widows. Near the church are some earthworks of a castle built in the reign of Henry II., by Robert de Aldford. During the siege of Chester, in the civil war, this castle was garrisoned by Sir W. Brereton. There are some traces of a Roman road."

"BUERTON, (or Bruera or Churton Heath) a chapelry and township in the parish of Aldford, hundred of Broxton, in the county palatine of Chester, 5 miles to the S.E. of Chester. The London and North-Western railway passes near it. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the vicarage of St. Oswald, Chester, in the diocese of Chester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. It is old and of small size, and is called the Church on the Heath.

"CHURTON BY ALDFORD, a township in the parish of Aldford, in the higher division of the hundred of Broxton, in the county of Chester, 2 miles S.W. of Aldford."

"EDGERLEY, a township in the parish of Aldford, lower division of the hundred of Broxton, county palatine of Chester, 6 miles S.E. of Chester."

"EDGLEY, a ward in the parish of Stockport, hundred of Macclesfield, county palatine of Chester, 1 mile S.W. of Stockport, of which it is a suburb."