WEAVERHAM, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Northwich district, Cheshire. The village stands near the river Weaver, 1 mile E by S of Acton r. station, and 3¼ W by N of Northwich; and has a post-office‡ under Northwich, and fairs on 8 April and 8 Oct.-The township includes a small part of Whitegate parish, contains Milton hamlet, and comprises 3,528 acres. Real property, £8,774. Pop., 1,530. Houses, 337.—The parish includes 5 other township; and, with the Whitegate part of W. township, comprises 7,634 acres. Pop., 2,782. Houses, 596. The property is subdivided. Four manors belong to A. H. S. Barry, Esq.; and Acton manor, with Gorstage Hall, belongs to R. Ashton, Esq. Sandway Bank is the seat of J. B. Littledale, Esq. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £340.* Patron, the Bishop ofThe church was restored in 1855. There are five Methodist chapels, an endowed grammar-school with £55 a year, a national school, and charities £60.

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