LYMM, a parish in the hundred of BUCKLOW
county palatine of CHESTER, 5 miles (E. S. E.) from
Warrington, containing 2090 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory in medieties, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Chester; the mediety of Lymm with Warburton is
rated in the king's books at £ 11. 0. 7., and in the patronage
of Rowland Eyles Egerton Warburton, Esq.;
the other mediety is rated at £ 11. 0. 5., and in the
patronage of E. Leigh, Esq. The church, dedicated 1»
the Virgin Mary, is a very ancient structure. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A free
grammar school was endowed, in 1698, by Sir G.Warburton,
and W. Domville, Esq., the income of which
is about £ 80 per annum. The Duke of Bridgewater's
canal passes through the village.