Whitley, Over
WHITLEY, OVER, a township, in the parish of Great Budworth, union of Runcorn, hundred of Bucklow, N. division of the county of Chester, 5½ miles (N. N. W.) from Northwich; containing 330 inhabitants. It comprises 961 acres, partly a sandy and partly a clayey soil; and includes the hamlets of Antrobus, Crowley, Norcot, and Seven-Oaks.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.