In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thelwall like this:
THELWALL, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Runcorn parish, Cheshire; on the river Mersey, the Bridgewater canal, and the Manchester, Lymm, and Warrington railway, 3 miles E by S of Warrington. It has a post-office under Warrington, and a r. station. Acres, 1,417. Real property, £3,766. ...
Pop. in 1851, 347; in 1861, 468 Houses, 81. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Cholmondeley. T. Hall is the seat of J. Nicholson, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £150.* Patron, J. Nicholson, Esq. The church was built in 1842, and is in the early English style. There is a national school.
Thelwall through time
Thelwall is now part of Warrington district. Click here for graphs and data of how Warrington has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thelwall itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thelwall, in Warrington and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5920
Date accessed: 16th October 2024
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