a market-town of England, in Cheshire, on a hill near the right bank of the Wheelock, 24 miles E.S.E. of Chester. There is an old parish church in the perpendicular style, which has been partially rebuilt; also Methodist and Baptist churches; a grammar-school founded in 1577, national and other schools, &c. Shoes and silk are manufactured here. Pop. (1851) 2752.