An Account of the Ancient Town of Frodsham, in Cheshire.

Pp. 272, slight hole to title and slight marks to text. Owner's name to fly leaf. Quarter morocco leather gilt, rubbed. The Frodsham is of Saxon origin; its 11th century church is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Frodsham was an important manor of the medieval Earls of Chester and was created a borough in the early 13th century, probably by Earl Ranulf III. The mouth of the River Weaver, where it joins the Mersey, made Frodsham into a significant port for the coasting trade, particularly for the export of Cheshire salt, brought down the river from Northwich and Nantwich. The site of the manor house was in Castle Park; the building was of stone and was fortified.