SHOTWICK-PARK, a liberty (extra-parochial), in
the higher division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county
palatine of CHESTER, 4 miles (N. W.) from Chester,
containing 23 inhabitants. This was the site of a castle
formerly belonging to the crown. Henry II. is said
to have lodged here on his journey to and from Ireland;
and Edward I. occupied it in 1278. The castle was
standing in Leland's time, and there were some remains
in 1622, since which period every vestige has been gradually
removed.