Ashton upon Mersey

"ASHTON-UPON-MERSEY, a parish in the hundred of Bucklow, in the county palatine of Chester, 3 miles to the N. of Altrincham. Manchester is its post town. It is situated on the river Mersey, which is here navigable, and the Bridgwater canal, which joins that river here. It comprises the two townships of Ashton-upon-Mersey and Sale. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Chester, value £608, in the patronage of the Rev. C. B. Sowerby, the incumbent. The church is dedicated to St. Martin. The Unitarians, Calvinists, and Wesleyans have chapels here."

"SALE, a township and ecclesiastical district in the parish of Ashton-upon-Mersey, hundred of Bucklow, county Chester, 512 miles S.E. of Manchester, its post town, 3 N.E. of Altrincham, and 2 from Aston. It has a station at Sale Moor, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway. It is situated near the Bridgwater canal and river Mersey. The soil is of a rich, sandy character, and very fertile. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester, value £513. The church, dedicated to St. Anne, has aspired tower containing one bell. There is an endowed parochial school for both sexes, also a Sunday-school held at the assembly rooms. The Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Unitarians have each a place of worship."