Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BUDWORTH (Little)

BUDWORTH (Little), a parish in Northwich district, Cheshire; on an affluent of the river Weaver, near Delamere forest, 4 miles NE by E of Tarporley, and 4½ SW by W of Hartford r. station. It has a post office under Tarporley. Acres, 2,762. Real property, £3,626. Pop., 582. Houses, 122. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £85.* Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The ancient church belonged to St. Mary's nunnery in Chester; and the present one was built in 1798. Dodd's almshouses have £130 from endowment; and other charities £62.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Little Budworth CP/AP       Northwich RegD/PLU       Cheshire AncC
Place names: BUDWORTH     |     BUDWORTH LITTLE     |     LITTLE BUDWORTH
Place: Little Budworth

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