ASHTON-upon-MERSEY, a parish in the hundred
of BUCKLOW, county palatine of CHESTER, comprising
the townships of Ashton upon Mersey and Sale, and containing
1924 inhabitants, of which number, 875 are in
the township of Ashton upon Mersey, 6 miles (N.)
from Altrincham. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's
books at £13. 4. 7., and in the patronage of W.Johnson,
Esq. and another. The church is dedicated to
St. Martin. There are places of worship for Calvinists,
Methodists, and Unitarians. The navigable river Mersey
runs through the parish. A school is endowed with
land and tenements producing about £ 50 per annum;
in addition to which, William Williamson, Esq. left an
annuity of £70 for the instruction of children.