In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Waverton like this:
WAVERTON, a township and a parish in Great Boughton district, Cheshire. The township lies on the Chester and Crewe railway, and on the Chester and Ellesmere canal, 4 miles SE of Chester; and has a post-office under Chester, and a r. station. Acres, 1,145. Real property, £2,424. Pop., 337. ...
Houses, 63. The parish contains also Huxley and Hatton townships, and comprises 4,027 acres. Pop., 736. Houses, 136. W. Manor belongs to the Marquis of Westminster; and Hatton manor, to Lord Henry Cholmondeley. Lower Huxley Hall was a seat of the Clives, and is now a farmhouse. There are cement-works, a steam flour-mill, a coal wharf, and a quarry. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £110.* Patron, the Bishop ofThe church is later English and good. There are two dissenting chapels, two national schools, and charities £5.
Waverton through time
Waverton is now part of Chester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Waverton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Waverton, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1527
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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