The Weaver, Cheshire

Historical Description

Weaver, The, a river of Cheshire, rising near Burley Dam, adjacent to Salop, and running about 30 miles first north-north-eastward past Nantwich, next northward past Church Minshull and Over, then north-north-westward past Northwich and Weaverham, to the Mersey at Weston Point, 2½ miles below Runcorn. It has long in its lower reaches been crowded with flats conveying salt to Liverpool and other places; it is navigable for vessels of 200 tons up to Northwich, and in 1867-68 it was much widened and deepened. It joins the Manchester Ship Canal at Weston Point.

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