FADDILEY, a township in the parish of ACTON,
hundred of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER,
4 miles (W. by N.) from Nantwich, containing 291 inhabitants.
A domestic chapel was built at Woodhey by
the relict of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, who, in 1703, endowed
it with a rent-charge on the manor of Newton,
in Staffordshire, of £25 per annum, of which £20 is
paid to a minister appointed by the Earl of Dysart, £2
to the clerk, and £3 for repairs. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists.