Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HORTON

HORTON, a township, joined with Peele, in Tarvin parish, Cheshire; 1¼ mile N of Tarvin. Acres, 240. Real property, £619. Pop., 40. Horton House is the seat of W. W. Maddocks, Esq. Peele Hall is the seat of S. Aldersey, Esq.; and is now but a part of the original mansion, built in 1637


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Tarvin AP/Tn/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Horton

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