TATTENHALL, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Great Boughton district, Cheshire. The village stands 1 mile S of the Chester and Crewe railway, and 8 SE of Chester; contains many good residences; and has a post-office‡ under Chester, a r. station, subscription reading rooms, and fairs on 21 May and 18 Nov. The township comprises 2,906 acres. Real property, £6,743. Pop., 1,033. Houses, 216. The manor belongs to R. Barbour, Esq.—The parish includes two other townships, and comprises 4,134 acres. Pop., 1,262. Houses, 255. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop ofThe church is ancient but good. There are Independent and Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £23.—The sub-district contains ten parishes, and parts of four other s. Acres, 34,688. Pop., 7,539. Houses, 1,480.

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