Roberts John, New wharf
Wheelwrights.
Davies William Augustus, Dodington
Smith William, Doddington
EDGELEY,
a small township with 416a. 0r. 24p. of land situated 1½ miles S.E. by S. from Whitchurch, in 1841 contained seventeen houses and seventy-three inhabitants, the soil is in general strong, with a portion of sand and gravel. Rateable value £583. 14s. The tithes are commuted for the sum of £37. 10s. The freeholders are William Lee Brookes, Esq., Wm. Worthington, Esq., Samuel Alexander Duff, Esq., John Goodall, Esq., Peter Soole Taylor, Esq., John Lowe, Esq., Archibald Worthington, Esq., and Mr. Richard Weaver. The Baptists have a neat chapel with a residence for the minister and a school attached. It is situated in the lane leading from Edgeley Moss to Ash, near the verge of the township, and was built and endowed by Mr. Brown. The school is open for the instruction of the children residing in the surrounding townships; those that are admitted free must belong to the children who attend the chapel, and prefer the Baptist faith. The master has an income of £30 per annum, which is now paid by Mrs. Brown. The pastor of the congregation also teaches the school. There is a small plot of ground used as a burial place for members of the congregation. Edgeley Moss, usually called Brown Moss, contains 77a. 2r. 7p. and is now chiefly covered with water. Edgeley House, the residence of John Lowe, Esq., is a modern erection of brick, stuccoed. It is delightfully situated, and beautified with shrubberies and park-like grounds.
The principal residents are John Lowe, Esq., Edgeley House; William Poole Churlton, farmer; James Harding, farmer; Rev. William Jones, Baptist minister.
Grindley Brook is a detached hamlet on the high road from Whitchurch to Malpas, a mile and a half north-west from the former place. It lies on the verge of the county, and is separated from Cheshire by the Grindley brook, a small stream which is here crossed by a stone bridge. The Whitchurch, Ellesmere, and Chester Canal takes its course near the village, and near to the wharf are extensive lime works carried on by Mr. John Roberts. The chief freeholders are the trustees of the late Duke of Bridgewater, Mr. James Hancock, Mr. Robert Roe, Mr. Joseph Rycroft, Miss Harper, Mr. Parry Jones, and Mr. George Blanton.
Directory.—Mr. Joseph Beddoe, toll collector at the canal locks and tonnage clerk; Mr. Richard B. Briscoe, Brookhouse; Thomas Cliff, beerhouse and shopkeeper; Philip Hales, farmer, Denston; William Hassall, Esq., land and estate agent, Bubney House farm, Thomas Peake, boat builder; John Roberts, lime merchant; George Seaman, victualler, Canal Inn; James Whittingham, victualler, Horse and Jockey.