. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. )apel of ^aint i^larp. NOW CALLED. J^anttDicf) ^art0}) C|)urc|). ANTWICH CHURCH is sometimes, though rarely, mentionedin ancient records as an ccclesia. It is more frequently styleda capella; because from a remote period Nantwich, ecclesi-astically considered, has been a chapelry within the ancientparish of Acfton. That Nantwich, like the important townsof Macclesfield and Congleton, did not possess an independentChurch of its own, and was not a separate ecclesiasticalparish,* was clearly shown
. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. )apel of ^aint i^larp. NOW CALLED. J^anttDicf) ^art0}) C|)urc|). ANTWICH CHURCH is sometimes, though rarely, mentionedin ancient records as an ccclesia. It is more frequently styleda capella; because from a remote period Nantwich, ecclesi-astically considered, has been a chapelry within the ancientparish of Acfton. That Nantwich, like the important townsof Macclesfield and Congleton, did not possess an independentChurch of its own, and was not a separate ecclesiasticalparish,* was clearly shown by Dr. Ormerod, who refuted thearguments put forth by Mr. Partridge in favour of the opinionthat Nantwich never was a chapelry within Afton parish ; it will therefore be necessaryonly to notice—(i)—That no church or chapel existed at Nantwich when the Domesday Survey was taken c. 1087 ; the parish churches then being at Adlon, Wybunbury, and Barthomley.(2)—Nantwich is not mentioned as a separate parish in either of the great EcclesiasticalValuations prior to the Reformation, viz.: in Pope Nicholas IV Taxation c. 1291;nor i
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