BADDILEY, a parish in the hundred of NANTWICH,
county palatine of CHESTER, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from
Nantwkh,'Containing 2?0 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Chester, rated in the king's books at £24. 3. 6,,
and in the patronage of Sir H. Maimvaring, Bart.
The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is constructed
of English oak, and is of great antiquity; the upright,
timbers, being much decayed, were cased with brick
in 1811, but the roof and ceiling are still in fine preservation.
Baddiley Hall, once the noble residence of
the Mainwarings, has been converted into a farmhouse.
The Ellesmere canal passes through the parish.