SHOCKLACH, a parish in the higher division of
the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER,
comprising the townships of Caldecott, Church- Shocklach,
and Oviatt-Shocklach, and containing 422 inhabitants,
of which number, 158 are in the township of
Church-Shocklach, 4 miles (N. W. by W.), and 180 in
that of Oviatt-Shocklach, 3 miles (W.N.W.), from
Malpas. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chester, endowed with £200
private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and iri the
patronage of Sir R. Puleston, Bart. The church, dedicated
to St. Edith, is a small ancient building, with
an enriched Norman door. The parish is bounded on
the west b'y the river Dee, which is crossed by a bridge
at Castle-Town, where is the moated site of Shocklach.