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Minshull Vernon, Cheshire

Historical Description

Minshull Vernon, a village and a township in Middlewich parish, Cheshire. The village stands on the river Weaver, 4 miles S by W of Middlewich; is a scattered place, and has a station on the L. & N.W.R. Post town, Crewe. The township contains also the village of Bradfield Green, and comprises 2737 acres; population, 339. It has a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belonged anciently to the Vernons; passed to the Odlintons, the Actons, the Earl of Bradford, the Pulteneys, and the Earl of Darlington; and belongs now to the Lloyd family. Hulgrave Hall was formerly the seat of the Hulgraves, and is now a farmhouse. The ecclesiastical parish of Leighton-cum-Minshull Vernon was constituted in 1849. Population, 503. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £175. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church stands at Bradfield Green; was built in 1854 at a cost of £1700; is in the Early English style; and consists of nave and chancel, with bell-turret. There are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels at Bradfield Green and Cross Lanes.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

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

Ancient CountyCheshire 
Civil parishMiddlewich 
HundredNorthwich 
Poor Law unionNantwich 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Minshull Vernon from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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

CountyCheshire East
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtCW1
Post TownCrewe

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