Ashton-upon-Mersey, in the hundred of Bucklow, is 7 miles south of Manchester. In the reign of Henry IV. a portion of the manor was held by the Carringtons. The other portion descended, through various possessors, to Viscount Allen, who, in 1749, sold it to George Earl of Warrington. The present Earl of Stamford and Warrington is now the proprietor of the entire manor, for which a court baron is held. The Old Watling-street, leading to the ford over the Mersey, adjoins this township. The church is rather a handsome building of stone, with a nave and chancel, and at the west end a small belfry. There are but few monumental memorials in this church, and none that claim particular notice. The entire advowson became, by purchase, the property of the Rev. R. Popplewell Johnson, who is the present patron and rector. The township of Ashton-upon-Mersey contained, in 1821, about 900 inhabitants.

Transcribed from Pigot & Co's Commercial Directory of Cheshire, 1828-9.