Peover, Nether

PEOVER, NETHER, a chapelry, in the parish of Great Budworth, union and hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester, 3 miles (S. by W.) from Knutsford; containing 248 inhabitants. The township comprises 850 acres, of the same quality of soil as Peover Inferior. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £110; patron, Lord de Tabley. The chapel is dedicated to St. Oswald. A school is endowed with land, purchased with £400 bequeathed by the Rev. Richard Cumberbach in 1720, and producing £50 per annum.