Barnton, Cheshire

Historical Description

Barnton, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Great Budworth parish, Cheshire. The township lies on the river Weaver and the North Staffordshire Canal, 2 miles NW of Northwich, and has a post and telegraph office under that town. Acreage, 760; population, 2297. The ecclesiastical parish includes the township of Anderton, and was constituted in 1843. Population, 2666. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £195 with residence. Patron, the Bishop. The church was erected in 1842. There are Wesleyan and Free and Primitive Methodist chapels. The inhabitants are chiefly employed at the extensive chemical works which are close to the village.

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 Barnton from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Barnton 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:

• Chester Chronicle
• Cheshire Observer
• Chester Courant

Visitations Heraldic

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