HESWALL, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER,
comprising the townships of Gayton and Heswall with
Oldfield, and containing 386 inhabitants, of which number,
233 are in the joint township of Heswall with Oldfield,
3 miles (N. W. by N.) from Great Neston. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester,
"rated in the king's books at £18. 8. 4., and in the
patronage of Davies Davenport, Esq. and Mrs. OKelL,
alternately. The church, pleasantly situated on the banks
of the Dee, is an ancient structure, and contains several
monuments in memory of different members of the
Glegg family. There is a small un-endowed school.