The antiquities of England and Wales . Roman governors, it was included intheir third divifion of Flavia CEfarienfis; and, during the Saxon Heptarchy, itbelonged to the kingdom of Mercia, which was the 7th eftablifhed, beginning in582, and ending in 827; having continued under 18 kings, till made fubfervientto the Weft Saxons under Egbert, who became fovereign of the whole; vyhen thename of England was given to the fouth part of the ifland, except that part inha-bited by the ancient Britons, now called Wales. In 889, king Alfred divided hiskingdom into 32 counties, of which Chelhire was the 30
The antiquities of England and Wales . Roman governors, it was included intheir third divifion of Flavia CEfarienfis; and, during the Saxon Heptarchy, itbelonged to the kingdom of Mercia, which was the 7th eftablifhed, beginning in582, and ending in 827; having continued under 18 kings, till made fubfervientto the Weft Saxons under Egbert, who became fovereign of the whole; vyhen thename of England was given to the fouth part of the ifland, except that part inha-bited by the ancient Britons, now called Wales. In 889, king Alfred divided hiskingdom into 32 counties, of which Chelhire was the 30th. He alfo fubdividedeach county into hundreds and parifties. After the Norman conqueft, the king-dom was divided into circuits; in which Cheihire was not included, being ereftedinto a county palatine, with its peculiar privileges; fuch as its own judge or jaftice,court of exchequer; which it yet retains, though of a mixed kind, &c. Its dio-cefe is in the province of York, and includes tlie counties of Chefhire, Rich- CHESHIRE. mondfliire (a part of Yorkfliire), Lancafhire, and part of Cumberland. It is boundedoil the north by Lancafhire, on the fouth by Shropfhire, on the eaft by Derby-ihire and Stafford (hi re, and on the wefl partly by Flintfhire, Denbighfhire, and theIrifh Sea. It is 50 miles long, 30 broad, and 112 in circumference; containing372,000 acres, 24,054 houfes, 125,000 inhabitants. It is divided into 7 hundreds;in which are one city, Chefler; 12 market towns; viz. Haulton, Frodfham, Al-trincham, Knutsford, Namptwich, Macclesfield, Malpas, Middlefwich, Northwich,Congleton, Stockport, Sanbach; 670 villages, loi parifhes, 20 vicarages; pro-vides 560 men to the militia, fends 4 members to parliament, and pays 7 parts ofthe land-tax. Its chief rivers are the Merfey, Dee, Weelock, Croke, Dan, Ful-brook, Wever, Goyte, Bollin, and Ringay; with the moft extenfive and importantinland canals in the kingdom, firft begun by the Duke of Bridgewater, whichconvey
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