WARMINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of
NORTHWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, comprising
the townships of Elton, Moston, Tetton, and Warmingham,
and containing 1078 inhabitants, of which number,
386 are in the township of Warmingham, 3 miles
(W.) from Sandbach. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's
books at £12. 4. 7., and in the patronage of Lord
Crewe, The church is dedicated to St. Leonard. Courts
leet and baron are held here. A free school, founded by
Thomas Minshull, has an endowment in land, of the
annual value of £15.