Latchford, Lancashire

Description
Latchford, a village, a township, and two ecclesiastical parishes in Grappenhall parish, Cheshire, and partly also in Runcorn parish, Cheshire, and Warrington parish, Lancashire. The village stands on the river Mersey, at the boundary with Lancashire, adjacent to the Manchester Ship Canal, 1 mile SE of Warrington, is partly within Warrington borough, communicates with that town by a stone bridge over the Mersey, and has a station on the Liverpool and Manchester branch of the L. & N.W.R. and a post, money order, and telegraph office (T.S.O.) under Warrington. The township comprises 897 acres; population, 622.'££ The third set of locks on the Manchester Ship Canal are situated at Latch-ford; the L. & N.W.R. and the road to Knutsford are carried over the canal. Tanning, brush-making, wire-working, and pin, file, and tool making are carried on. The ecclesiastical parishes were constituted in 1866-that of St James from the parishes of Grappenhall, Runcom, and Warrington; and that of Christchurch from Grappenhall. Population of St James, 4404; of Christchurch, 1821. The livings are vicarages in the diocese of Chester; net value of St James, £250 with residence; gross value of Christchnrch, £170 with residence. St James' Church stands on Wilderspool Causeway; Christ Church stands in Wash Lane, and was built in 1861. There are Roman Catholic, Baptist, and Primitive Methodist chapels.