In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitegate like this:
WHITEGATE, a village and a parish in Northwich district, Cheshire. The village stands 2 miles S by W of Hartford r. station, and 3½ SW of Northwich; is sometimes called Newchurch; and has a post-office under Northwich. The parish comprises Marton and Darnhall townships, and parts of Over and Weaverham. ...
Acres of Marton and Darnhall, 4,384. Rated property of the parish, £12,353. Pop., 1,535. Houses, 293. Vale Royal is the seat of Lord Delamere; and Darnhall, of J. Haigh, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £240. Patron, Lord .Delamere. The church was built in 1726. There are a parochial school, and charities £24.
Whitegate through time
Whitegate is now part of Vale Royal district. Click here for graphs and data of how Vale Royal has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitegate itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitegate, in Vale Royal and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20493
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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