Plemstall

"PLEMONSTALL, (or Plemstall), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Broxton, county Chester, 4 miles N.E. of Chester, its post town. It is situated on a branch of the river Mersey, and contains the townships of Hoole, Mickle Trafford, Bridge Trafford, and Pickton. During the siege of Chester in the parliamentary war of the 17th century, Trafford was held for the king by Sir William Brereton. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £360, and the glebe comprises 23½ acres. The living is a donative in the diocese of Chester, value £389. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure, the tower of which was rebuilt in 1826. The church stands in the township of Mickle Trafford. There is a National school for both sexes.

"BRIDGE-TRAFFORD, a township in the parish of Plemonstall, second division of the hundred of Eddisbury, in the county palatine of Chester, 4 miles to the N.E. of Chester. Morley Hall was a seat of the Trafford family."

"HOOLE, a township in the parish of Plemonstall, lower division of the hundred of Broxton, county Chester, 24 miles N. of Chester. It is situated on the high road from Chester to Frodsham. It was allotted to the Welsh chiefs who came to Hugh Lupus's standard."

"MICKLE-TRAFFORD, a township in the parish of Plemonstall, lower division of the hundred of Broxton, county Chester, 3½ miles from Chester, its post town, and 2 S. of Dunham."

"PICKTON, a township in the parish of Plemonstall, lower division of Broxton hundred, county Chester, 4¾ miles N.E. of Chester, and 3 S.W. of Mullington,"

"TRAFFORD BRIDGE and TRAFFORD MICKLE, townships in the parish of Plemonstall, second division of Eddisbury hundred, county Chester, 4 miles N.E. of Chester, near the river Mersey.