Eddisbury, Cheshire

Historical Description

Eddisbury, a township in Delamere parish and forest, Cheshire, 7½ miles SW of Northwich. Acreage, 2085; population, 279. It was known to the Saxons as Eadersbyrig, and it gives the title of Baron to the Stanleys of Alderley. Eddisbury Hill has traces of an ancient fortification, said to have been erected by Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred the Great.

Eddisbury Parliamentary Division of Cheshire was formed under the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885, and returns one member to the House of Commons. Population, 55,249. The division includes the following:-Broxton- Agden, Aldersey, Aldford, Barton, Bickerton, Bickley, Bradley, Broxton, Buerton, Bulkeley, Burwardsley, Caldecot, Carden, Chidlow, Cholmondeley, Chorlton, Chowley, Churton-by-Aldford, Churton-by-Farndon, Churton Heath, Clutton, Coddington, Cotton Abbotts, Cotton Edmonds, Crewe, Cuddington, Duckington, Edge, Edgerley, Egerton, Farndon, Foulk Stapleford, Golborn Bellow, Golborn David, Grafton, Hampton, Handley, Harthill, Hatton, Horton, Huxley, King's Marsh, Larkton, Lea Newbold, Macefen, Malpas, Newton-by-Malpas, Newton-by-Tattenhall, Oldcastle, Overton, Shocklach Church, Shocklach Oviatt, Stockton, Stretton, Tattenhall, Threapwood, Tilston, Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Waverton, Wichhough, Wigland; Eddisbury (part of)-Alpraham, Alvanley, Ashton, Barrow, Beeston, Bruen Stapleford, Budworth (Little), Bunbury, Barton, Calveley, Clotton Hoofield, Crow-ton, Cuddington, Darnhall, Delamere, Duddon, Dunham-o'-th'-Hill, Eaton, Eddisbury, Frodsham, Frodsham Lordship, Haughton, Helsby, Hockenhull, Horton-cum-Peel, Iddenshall, Kelsall, Kingsley, Kingswood, Manley, Marton, Mouldsworth, Newton, Norley, Oakmere, Onston, Oulton (Low), Peckforton, Pryor's Hayes, Ridley, Rushton, Spurstow, Tarporley, Tarvin, Tilston Fearnall, Tiverton, Utkinton, Wardle, Weaver, Wettenhall, Willington; Chester Castle (part of)-Bache, Boughton (Great), Caughall, Chester Castle, Christleton, Claverton, Dodleston, Eaton, Eccleston, Eiton, Guildea Sutton, Hapsford, Hoole, Huntington, Ince, Kinnerton (Lower), Littleton, Marlston-cum-Lache, Moston, Newton-by-Chester, Picton, Poultou, Pulford Rowton, Saighton, Thornton-in-the-Moors, Trafford Bridge, Trafford Mickle, Trafford Wimbolds, Upton, Wervin; Nantwich-Acton, Aston-juxta-Mondrum, Audlem, Austerson, Baddiley, Baddington, Bartberton, Blakenhall, Bridgmere, Brindley, Broomhall, Buerton, Burland, Checkley-cum-Wrinehill, Cholmondeston, Chorlpy, Church Minshull, Coole Pilate, Dodcott-cum-Wilkesley, Doddington, Ediaston, Faddiley, Hankelow, Hatherton, Henhull, Hunsterson, Hurleston, Lea, Leighton, Marbury-cum-Quoisley, Monks Coppenhall, Newhall, Norbury, Poole, Sound, Stoke, Tittenley, Walgherton, Wirswall, Woodcott, Woolstanwood, Worleston, Wrenbury-cum-Frith; Northwich (part of)-Bradwell, Minshull Vernon, Moston, Occleston, Sutton, Tetton, Warmingham, Wimboldsley; Chester, municipal borough.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Eddisbury from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Eddisbury)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:

• Chester Chronicle
• Cheshire Observer
• Chester Courant

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.