BARTHOMLEY, a parish comprising the township
of Batterley, in the northern division of the hundred
of PIREHILL, county of STAFFORD, and the chapelries
of Alsager and Haslington, and the townships of Barthomley
and Crewe, in the hundred of NANTWICH, county
palatine of CHESTER, and containing 2333 inhabitants,
of which number, 450 are in the township of Barthomley,
6 miles (S. by E.) from Sandbach. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester,
rated in the king's books at £25. 7. 1., and in the
patronage of Lord Crewe. The church, dedicated to
St. Bertoline, exhibits various styles of architecture; it
has a Norman porch on the northern side of the chancel.
A school is endowed with about £10 per annum,
the produce of various benefactions.