Heswall, Cheshire

Description
Heswall, a village, a township, and a parish in Cheshire. The village stands on the estuary of the Dee, 8 miles SW of Birkenhead, and 13 NW of Chester. It has a station on the L. & N.W. and G.W. Joint railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Chester. The township bears the name of Heswall-with-Oldfield, and comprises 1335 acres of land; population, 1210. The parish contains also the township of Gayton. Acreage, 2043; population, 1409. Heswall Hill has an altitude of 360 feet above sea-level. Red sandstone, for building, is quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; net value, £222 with residence. The church was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1879, and extended in 1893; it contains monuments of the Gleggs. A mission room is connected with the church. There is a Wesleyan chapel The parish is chiefly agricultural, but a portion of the population are fishermen.