Burton, Cheshire

Description
Burton, a township and a parish in Cheshire. The township lies on the estuary of the Dee, 2 1/2 miles S of Hadlow Road station on the Birkenhead railway, and 8 1/2 NW by W of Chester, and had formerly a market. Acreage, 1927, of which 45 are water and foreshore; population of the township, 266; of the ecclesiastical parish, 416. The parish includes also the township of Puddington, and its post office is Neston, under Chester. Burton Hall is the seat of the lord of the manor. An hospital was founded by Bishop Stavensby, and given to the hospital of St John in Lichfield. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £109 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1721 and restored in 1870. There is a Roman Catholic chapel at Puddington. Bishop T. Wilson was a native.