To Beeston Railway Station, Benjamin Welsh, Greenend, leaves Whitchurch at 8 o’clock a.m., on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
To Crewe, daily, John Joinson’s coach leaves Whitchurch 30 min. past 8 a.m.
To Wem, Joseph Owen, on Monday and Friday
Carriers.
To Burslem, James Green, on Friday, returns on Wednesday, to the Victoria Inn
To Crewe, John Welsh, from the Fox and Goose, Whitchurch, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
To Wem, Joseph Owen, from the Lord Hill Inn, on Monday and Friday
To Wem, Robert Harris, from the Swan Inn, on Monday and Friday
ALKINGTON,
a small but pleasantly situated village and township, two miles south-west from Whitchurch, contains 1,144a. 1r. 7p. of land, the soil of which is various, and consists of a mixture of peat, sand, and gravel. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater; Samuel Yate Benyon, Esq.; Miss Benyon; William Lee Brookes, Esq.; Rev. George Richard Downward; Mr. John Goodall; Francis James Hughes, Esq.; and Mrs. Wood; besides whom there are several other smaller proprietors. Rateable value of the township, £1,240. 16s. The rectoral tithes have been commuted for £121. 18s. At the census of 1841 there were 23 houses and 135 inhabitants.