a town of Cheshire, 166 miles from London. It stands on a high hill, not far from the river Dee, on the borders of Shropshire; has a grammar-school, and an hospital, and had formerly a castle. It is called in Latin Mala Platea, i.e. "Ill Street," and was, for the same reason, by the Normans, called Mal Pas; but its three streets, of which it chiefly consists, are now well paved; and here is a benefice rich enough to support two rectors, who officiate alternately in its stately church. It has a good market on Mondays, and three fairs in the year.