Grappenhall, Cheshire

Description
Grappenhall, a village, a township, and a parish in Cheshire. The village lies on the Bridgwater Canal, near the river Mersey, 1 mile SE of Latchford: station on the L. & N.W.R., and 2 1/4 miles SE by S of Warrington, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office, under Warrington. Acreage of the township, 1610; population, 984. The parish includes also the township of Latchford. Grappenhall Hall and the Heys are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; net value, £463 with residence. The church is very ancient, and was rebuilt in 1539 and restored in 1874; it contains an ancient font and some monuments and brasses. The two vicarages of Latch-ford are separate benefices. There is a Methodist chapel.