ALSAGER, a chapelry in that part of the parish
of BARTHOMLEY which is in the hundred of NANTWICH,
county palatine of CHESTER, 5 miles (S. E. by
S.) from Sandbach, containing 359 inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Chester, and in the patronage of the Lord
of the Manor. There is a place of worship for Wes*
leyan Methodists. A school, for the education of children
of both sexes, was founded and endowed by Mary,
Judith, and Margaret Alsager, who also built and endowed
the chapel.