Dutton, Cheshire

Description
Dutton, a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Little Leigh and the civil parish of Great Budworth, in Cheshire, on the river Weaver, and the Trent and Mersey Canal, 1 1/2 mile SE of Preston Brook station on the L. & N.W.R., and 5 miles E of Frodsham. Acreage, 2090; population, 416. It was known at Domesday as Duntune, and it belonged to the ancient family of Dutton, who had jurisdiction over the minstrels and pipers of the county. Dutton Hall was built in 1513 by the Duttons, and remains of it exhibit fine features of the architecture of its period. There is an iron church under the Vicar of Little Leigh. A viaduct of 20 arches, each 63 feet in span and 60 feet high, takes the L. & N.W.R. over Dutton Bottom, across the valley of the Weaver. The workhouse for Runcorn Union is in this township.