Excerpt from History of Altrincham and Bowdon: With an Account of the Barony and House of Dunham The Parish Church, its claims to antiquity - The yew trees, a relic of Saxon Christianity - The wakes, their origin and use - An old bead roll and its record - Description of the old church - Value of the living six centuries ago - The ringers' orders - A law suit Another bead roll and its record - Memorials of old families The Brereton monument - The Dunham Chapel, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.