Egerton
EGERTON, a township, in the parish of Malpas, union of Nantwich, Higher division of the hundred of Broxton, S. division of the county of Chester, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Malpas; containing 143 inhabitants, and comprising 720 acres of land. The tithes have been commuted for £76 payable to the impropriator, and £2 to the rectors of Malpas. Here are the ruins of a chapel which was attached to a manor-house that stood here.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.