Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OAKMERE

OAKMERE, a township in Delamere parish, Cheshire; 4½ miles N by E of Tarporley. A good inn is here, atwhich petty sessions are held, and at which the Chester and Northwich omnibus calls. Acres, 2, 800. Real property, £1, 441. Pop., 284. Houses, 55. Most of the land was formerly part of Delamere forest, and belongs to the Crown.


(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: Delamere ExP/CP       Oakmere CP/Tn       Cheshire AncC
Place: Oakmere

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