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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"TATTENHALL, a parish in the lower division of Broxton hundred, county Chester, 7 miles S.E. of Chester, its post town, and 5½ S.W. of Tarporley. It is a station on the Chester and Crewe railway. The village, which is extensive, is situated on a branch of the river Dee. The parish includes the townships of Golbourne-Bellow and Newton. The land is principally devoted to grazing. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Chester, value £277, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Alban, is old, with a tower containing a clock and five bells. In the E. window are fragments of ancient stained glass. The parochial charities produce about £10 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes, at which a savings-bank is held, also subscription and reading rooms. The Independents and Wesleyans have chapels. Mackenzie, Esq., is lord of the manor."

"GOLBOURN BELLOW, a township in the parish of Tattenhall, lower division of the hundred of Broxton, county palatine of Chester, 5 miles S.W. of Tarporley, and 7 S.E. of Chester."

"NEWTON-BY-TATTENHALL, a township in the parish of Tattenhall, lower division of Broxton hundred, county Chester, 5 miles S.W. of Tarporley. It is situated near the Chester and Crew railway and Nantwich canal."