OLDCASTLE, a township in the parish of MALPAS,
higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county
palatine of CHESTER, 1 mile (S. "W.) from Malpas,
containing 93 inhabitants. This place took its name
from an ancient castle, which was destroyed before ] 585.
A battle was fought here in 1644, between the parliamentarian
forces from Nantwich and some of the
king's cavalry, in which the latter were defeated, and
Colonels Vane and Conyers killed.