WILLINGTON, a township in that part of the
parish of WHALLEY which is in the second division of
the hundred of EDDISBURY, county palatine of CHESTER,
3 miles (N. N. W.) from Tarporley, containing 101
inhabitants. This township is deemed to be part of
the parish of Whalley, it having formerly belonged to
the abbey there, though for the performance of ecclesiastical
rites the inhabitants resort to the church of St.
Oswald, Chester, and pay a portion of the great tithes
to the rectors of Wem and Tarvin. There is a place of
worship for Unitarians.