Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RIDLEY

RIDLEY, a township in Bunbury parish, Cheshire; 5½ miles W N W of Nantwich. Acres, 1, 419. Real property, 1, 769. Pop., 129. Houses, 20. The manor belongs to Lord Cottenham. R. Hall, a fine old building, is now a farm-house. Lord Chancellor Egerton was anative.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bunbury AP/Tn/CP       Ridley CP/Tn       Cheshire AncC
Place: Ridley

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