| Miles. | 2nd Class. | |
|---|---|---|
| From Liverpool and Manchester | 36¼ | 5s 6d. |
| From Birmingham | 61 | 9s. 0d. |
There is so little worth attention in this village, that it is not even noticed in Parliamentary Population Returns. (Line resumed, page 56.)
From this station Middlewich is two miles to the eastward; this is a market town, parish and township, in the hundred of Northwich. County of Chester. It derives its name from its centrical situation between the wiches or salt-towns; its origin is of very ancient date. Pop. 1,325; An. As. Val. £1,569. Markets are held every Tuesday; fairs, on St. James's. August 5, and Holy Thursday, for cattle. The principal manufacture of this town is salt; to which, during the last few years, may be added that of cotton and silk. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a spacious structure. On the south side of it is a college, founded by Thomas Savage. Archbishop of York, and an oratory, founded by one of the Leigh family. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester; K.B. £14; P.R. £130; it is endowed with £400 by private benefaction and a gift from the Crown, and £1,000 by a parliamentary grant; patron. Rev. Isaac Wood. It has a free school, and three places of worship for Dissenters. The salt obtained here is principally from the brine
