a town of the county of Chester, in the hundred of Broxton, 166 miles from London. It stands on a hill overlooking the river Dee, is well built, consisting of three streets well paved, and had a castle belonging to the family of Cholmondeley, now gone to decay. It has a market, which is held on Monday. The population amounted in 1801 to 906, in 1811 to 938, in 1821 to 1127, and in 1831 to 1004.