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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"WARMINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of Northwich, county Chester, 3½ miles S.W. of Sandbach, its post town, and 4 from Middlewich. The village is situated on the river Wenlock. The parish includes the townships of Elton, Moston, Tetton, and Warmingham, and is traversed by the Trent and Mersey canal and the Grand Junction railway. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Chester, value £650. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard. The parochial charities produce about £31 per annum, of which £21 go to a school founded by Thomas Minshull. The Wesleyans have a chapel at Forge Mill."

"ELTON, a township in the parish of Warmingham, hundred of Northwich, county palatine of Chester, 2 miles S.W. of Sandbach, a station on the North-Western railway. It is situated on the river Wenlock, and the Trent and Mersey canal passes through the township. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel. Lord Crewe is lord of the manor, and owner of the soil."

"MOSTON, a township in the parish of Warmingham, hundred of Northwich, county Chester, 2½ miles N.W. of Sandbach. It is situated near the line of the Manchester railway. The Trent and Mersey section of the Grand Trunk canal passes through the township."

"TETTON, a township in the parish of Warmingham, hundred of Northwich, county Chester, 3½ miles N.W. of Sandbach. The township is situated on the Trunk canal and the river Wenlock. Here are extensive brick and tile kilns belonging to the Cheshire Landowners' Drainage and Enclosure Company. Lord Crewe is lord of the manor and chief landowner."