Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHARTON

WHARTON, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Davenham parish, Cheshire. The village stands near the river Weaver, 1 mile NNW of Winsford r. station, and 2½ WNW of Middlewich; and has a weekly market on Saturday, and fairs on 8 May and 25 Nov. The township includes Winsford, which has a head post-office,‡ designated Winsford, Cheshire. Acres, 1,224. Real property, £17,995. Pop. in 1851, 1,775; in 1861, 2,234. Houses, 453. The increase of pop. arose from extension of the salt trade. The manor belonged to the Bulkeleys; passed to the Robinsons and the Toppings; and belongs now to W. H. Harper, Esq. W. Hall, W. Lodge, Oaklands, and Fallowfield are chief residences. Salt, from brine springs, is manufactured in about 350 pans; rock salt also is obtained at Meadow Bank; and about 384,000 tons of white salt are annually exported. The Weaver is navigable, up to Winsford, for vessels of 120 tons. Flat and boat-building is extensively carried on; and artificial manures, of all kinds, are manufactured.—The chapelry includes Stanthorne township, and was constituted in 1860. Pop., 2,395. Houses, 480. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £150.* Patron, the Rector of Davenham. The church was mainly rebuilt in 1849. There are four Methodist chapels and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Davenham AP/CP       Wharton CP/Tn       Cheshire AncC
Place: Wharton

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