The Directory and Guide for the City and County of Chester, by W. Cowdry. Published 1789.
The full text for Sandbach reads:
Sandbach
This town stands on a high bank, upon the little river Wheelock; the place is small, and was made a market-town by Sir John Radcliffe, Lord thereof; which market is continued weekly every Thursday, it has also two annual fairs:- King’s Vale Royal tells us, that in the market-place are two square crosses of stone, or steps, with certain images and writings thereon engraven; which a man cannot read, except he be turned topsey-turvey, and his head where his heels should be; a situation the author’s head just certainly have been when he penned two such elegant couples; which are translated for the entertainment of the reader:
In Sandbach, in the Sandy Ford,
Lies the ninth part of the Dublin hord,
Nine to, or Nine fro,
Take me down or else I fall.
Whether the treasure was ever found, the history of the place does not inform us. — Sandbach contains a well-built church.
Sandbach Directory
- Rev. Mr. Sibson
- William Wells, esq
- Joseph Skerratt, gent.
- Mr. Millington, surgeon
- Mr. Twemlow, ditto
- Mr. Harrison, attorney
- Mr. Darlington, ditto
- Mr. Whitehead
- Mr. Cartwright
- Mrs. Twemlow, grocer
- Mrs. Henshall, ditto
- Mr. Podmore, ironmonger
- Mr. Whittingham, ditto
- Mr. Galley, woollen and linen draper
- Mr. Bull, ditto
- Mr. Shaw, sadler
- Mr. Allcock, George Inn
- Mrs. Harrison, grocer
- Miss Sibson, millner
- Mr. Stringer, white-smith