Winnington, Cheshire
Historical Description
Winnington, a township in Wilton or Northwich ecclesiastical parish, Cheshire, on the river Weaver, 1 mile NW of Northwich. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Northwich. Acreage, 806; population, 2246. The manor belonged anciently to the Wynningtons, passed to the Warburtons and the Pennants, and thence to Lord Stanley of Alderley and others. Winnington Bridge was the scene of a sharp conflict in the Civil Wars of Charles I. There are large and important alkali works.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cheshire | |
Civil parish | Great Budworth | |
Hundred | Eddisbury | |
Poor Law union | Northwich |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Winnington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Winnington)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Winnington are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.