Monday, July 27 TATTON, a township, in the parish of Rosthern, union of Altrincham, hundred of Bucklow, N. division of the county of Chester, 2 miles (N.) from Nether Knutsford ; containing 80 inhabitants.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Monday, July 27 TATTENHALL (St. Alban), a parish, in the union of Great Boughton, Lower division of the hundred of Broxton, S. division of the county of Chester ; containing, with the townships of Golborn-Bellow and Newton, 1119 inhabitants, of whom 904 are in Tattenhall township, 5 ¾ miles (S. W. by W.) from Tarporley.
Wednesday, July 22 TETTON, a township, in the parish of Warmington, union of Congleton, hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester, 3 miles (W. N. W.) from Sandbach; containing 182 inhabitants. The tithes have been commuted for £110. 12.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Saturday, July 18 TABLEY, SUPERIOR, a township, in the parish of Rosthern, union of Altrincham, hundred of Bucklow, N. division of the county of Chester, 2. miles (W. N. W.) from Nether Knutsford; containing 510 inhabitants. Here are the ruins of an ancient chapel called, from its situation, “The chapel in the street.”
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Saturday, July 18 TABLEY, INFERIOR, a township, in the parish of Great Budworth, union of Altrincham, hundred of Bucklow, N. division of the county of Chester, 3 miles (S. W. by W.) from Nether Knutsford; containing 100 inhabitants. Here was formerly a chapel, the site of which is still called Chapel field. Tabley confers the title of Baron on the family of Leicester, created July 16th, 1826, at which period the late Sir J. Fleming Leicester, Bart., a gentleman distinguished for his munificent patronage of the fine arts, and encouragement of native artists, was raised to the peerage by that title.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Friday, May 8 NANTWICH, a town, a township, a parish, a sub-district, a district, and a hundred, in Cheshire. The town stands on the river Weaver, the Grand Junction canal, and the Crewe and Shrewsbury railway, at the junction of the Nantwich and Market-Drayton railway, 4 ¼ miles SW by W of Crewe. Its name is derived from the “nant” or vale of the Weaver, and from the Saxon word “wich,” signifying “a salt town;” was temporarily changed into Wich-Malbanc, after William de Mal-banc, who once held the manor; and has frequently been written Namptwich. Salt-works, which gave rise to the name, drew their supplies from brine-pits or brine-springs, and were early and long of great importance. The brine-pits, in the time of Henry III., were closed by the king’s command, in order to distress the Welsh, who carried on a great traffic hence in salt; but, on the return of peace, they were re-opened; and they continued, for many years, to be a main and increasing source of employment and sustenance to the inhabitants. So many as 400 salt-works were here when Leland wrote, in the time of Henry VIII.; they were reduced to 216, some belonging to the Crown, some to the Earl of Derby, and some to local proprietors, in the early part of the time of Elizabeth; they were further reduced to about 108, in consequence of the discovery of better brine-pits in other parts of the Weavers’ vale, in the year 1624; and they gradually declined thence till at last they became extinct.
