WEAVERHAM, a parish in the second division of
the hundred of EDDISBURY, county palatine of CHESTER,
comprising the townships of Acton, Crowton, Cuddington,
Onston, Wallerscoat, Weaverham cum Milton,
and the lordship of Weaverham, and containing 2360
inhabitants, of which number, 749 are in the township
of Weaverham cum Milton, 3 miles (WbyN.)
from Northwich. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's
books at £12. 11. 10., and in the patronage of the
Bishop of Chester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
The interest of £100, left by Mary Barker, is applied for
apprenticing poor children, as is also a rent-charge of
£ 2, bequeathed by Mr. Mobberley. Here is a charity
for six poor decayed housekeepers and their wives, or
for deserving widowed or maiden women, selected by
the vicar.