LEIGHTON with MINSHULL or MINSHULL-VERNON, is a village and a township in '''Middlewich parish''', and a '''chapelry''' partly also in '''Nantwich parish''', Cheshire. The village stands on the River Weaver, near the Northwestern railway, it is 3¾ miles S by W of Middlewich. The township contains also the village of <u>Bradfield-Green</u>. The chapelry was constituted in 1840, and is sometimes called Leighton-cum-Minshull-Vernon. There is an '''Independent''' chapel.<ref>John Marius Wilson, ''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=991830 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'' (1870-72). Date Accessed: 22 March 2013</ref> | LEIGHTON with MINSHULL or MINSHULL-VERNON, is a village and a township in '''Middlewich parish''', and a '''chapelry''' partly also in '''Nantwich parish''', Cheshire. The village stands on the River Weaver, near the Northwestern railway, it is 3¾ miles S by W of Middlewich. The township contains also the village of <u>Bradfield-Green</u>. The chapelry was constituted in 1840, and is sometimes called Leighton-cum-Minshull-Vernon. There is an '''Independent''' chapel.<ref>John Marius Wilson, ''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=991830 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'' (1870-72). Date Accessed: 22 March 2013</ref> |