A township in Davenham Parish, Northwich Hundred (SJ 6672). In 1894 part of the civil parish was added to Northwich, and in 1936 the remainder became part of Davenham civil parish, but most of this area was transferred to Northwich in 1955.
The population was 899 in 1801, 2528 in 1851 and 3448 in 1901.