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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"NORTHEN, (or Northenden), a parish in the hundred of Macclesfield, county Chester, 7 miles S. of Manchester, its post town, and 5 W. of Stockport. The village, which is rather straggling, is situated on the river Mersey, and is entirely agricultural. The parish corn prises the township of North-Etchells. The land is in a high state of cultivation. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Chester, value £406, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Wilfrid, is an ancient structure of sandstone, with a low square embattled tower containing six bells. The interior of the church contains tablets to the Tattons of Withenshaw. The parochial charities produce about £42 per annum, £23 of which goes to Sharson's school. There is a National school for children of both sexes, with a small endowment, also an infant school in which a Sunday-school is held. Withenshaw Hall, the old seat of the Tatton family, is an ancient mansion, formerly garrisoned for the king and taken by the parliamentary troopsin 1644. T. William Tatton, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Wakes are held in the third week in October.