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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"WYBUNBURY, a parish in the hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 3½ miles E. of Nantwich. It is situated on the turnpike road from Nantwich to Newcastle and Woore, in Shropshire, and traversed on the eastern boundary by the London and North-Western railway, which has a station at Basford. The parish, which contains 20,360 acres and 4,985 inhabitants, comprises the chapelries of Doddington, or Hunsterson, and Weston, with the townships of Bartherton, Basford, Blakenhall, Bridgemere, Checkley - cum -Wrinehill, Chorlton, Doddington, Hatherton, Hough, Hunsterson, Lea, Rope, Shavington-cum-Gresly, Staperley, Walgherton, Weston, Wybunbury, and part of Willaston. The soil is loam and clay. Doddington Hall is in the occupation of Henry Akroyd, Esq. There are numerous ancient seats and halls in the parish. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Chester, value £230, with 12½ acres of glebe, in the patronage of the Bishop of Lichfield. The church, dedicated to St. Chad, was rebuilt in 1595, and again in 1832, with the exception of the tower, which is 96 feet high, and having fallen 6 feet out of the perpendicular during the lapse of several centuries, was rectified in 1833, and contains 6 bells. The church has a carved roof and a stained E. window, and in the interior are several brasses and monuments of the Delves of Doddington, the Smiths of the Hough, the Lees of Lea Hall, now a farmhouse, and of the Breretons. There are, besides, chapels-of-ease at Hunsterson and Weston. The Wesleyans have chapels at Wybunbury and Chorlton. There are National and free schools. The charities produce about £270 per annum, including school endowments, an hospital dedicated to the Holy Cross, and St. George, for a master and brethren, existed here before 1464, and after the Dissolution came from the Praers to the Bishops of Lichfield. Sir H. Delves Broughton, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal proprietor."

"BASFORD, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, and hundred of Nantwich, in the county palatine of Chester, 5 miles to the E. of Nantwich. It is a station on the London and North-Western railway, about 3 miles from Crewe."

"BATHERTON, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, in the county palatine of Chester, 2 miles from Nantwich.

"BLAKENHALL, (or Blackenhall), a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, in the county palatine of Chester, 5 miles to the S.E. of Nantwich. The Grand Junction railway passes near it.

"BRIDGEMERE, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, and hundred of Nantwich, in the county palatine of Chester, 6 miles to the S.E. of Nantwich. It lies on the border of Shropshire, near the London and North-Western railway."

"CHECKLEY-CUM-WRINEHILL, formerly known as CHECKLEIGH, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, in the hundred of Nantwich, in the county of Chester, 5 miles S. of Basford railway station on the London and North-Western line, and 7 from Nantwich. Checkley Hall is now used as a farmhouse. Sir H. D. Broughton is lord of the manor."

"CHORLTON, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, and hundred of Nantwich, in the county of Chester, 5 miles E.S.E. of Nantwich. It is intersected by the London and North-Western railway. The Wesleyans have a place of worship."

"DODDINGTON, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, in the county palatine of Chester, 6 miles S.E. of Nantwich, its post town and railway station on the Crewe and Shrewsbury section of the London and North-Western line. Doddington was made a parliamentary garrison in the civil war of the 17th century, and was taken for the king by. Lord Byron in January, 1644, but soon after surrendered. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester, in the patronage of Sir H. D. Broughton, Bart. Near it are the ruins of Doddington Castle, built in 1364, where are preserved statues of Lord Audley and his four Cheshire squires, who distinguished themselves at the battle of Poictiers."

"GRESTY, a township with Shavington in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county palatine Chester, 4 miles S.E. of Nantwich. The Primitive and Association Methodists have chapels here."

"HATHERTON, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 4 miles S.E. of Nantwich. The village is situated on the turnpike road leading from Nantwich to Market Drayton. The Wesleyan Association has a chapel at Artle Brook. Hatherton House is the principal residence."

"HOUGH, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 1 mile N.E. of Wybunbury, 3½ miles S.E. of Nantwich, and 1¼ mile W. of the Basford station on the London and North-Western railway. The land is chiefly pasture, and the soil clayey. Hough Hall is the principal residence."

"HUNSTERSON, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 5.5 miles S.E. of Nantwich. This township was formerly called Huntsterston. The village is small and wholly agricultural. There is a chapel-of-ease dedicated to St. John, which was erected in 1837 by the late Sir John Broughton, to whom there is a monument. The chapel is situated on the W. side of Doddington Park. The village school is endowed with an annuity of £10 from Delves's charity. Sir Henry Delves Broughton, Bart., is lord of the manor."

"LEA, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 4½ miles S.E. of Nantwich. It is situated near the Grand Junction railway. Lea Hall is now converted into a farmhouse."

"ROPE, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 2½ miles N.E. of Nantwich, its post town. The village is small and wholly agricultural."

"SHAVINGTON-CUM-GRESTY, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 4 miles E. of Nantwich. The village, which is of small extent, is situated near the line of the Grand Junction railway. The inhabitants are wholly agricultural. Shavington Hall, where John Woodenothe the antiquary was born, is now a farmhouse. Sir H. D. Broughton is lord of the manor."

"SOUND, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 3 miles S.E. of Nantwich. It is situated on a branch of the river Weaver. The Primitive and Association Methodists have chapels. The old hall is now converted into a farmhouse. Mrs. Beckett is lady of the manor."

"STAPELEY, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 1½ mile S.E. of Nantwich. The village, which is small, is wholly agricultural. Stapeley House is the principal residence."

"WALGHERTON, (or Walkerton), a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 4 miles S.E. of Nantwich, and 3 from the Basford railway station.

"WESTON, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 5 miles E. of Nantwich."

"WILLASTON, a township in the parish of Wybunbury and hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 1½ mile N.E. of Nantwich. It is a station on the Crewe, Whitchurch, and Shrewsbury branch railway."

"WRINEHILL WITH CHECKLEY, a township in the parish of Wybunbury, hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 7 miles S.E. of Nantwich."