Hull.
_Daresbury, the White Chapel of England._--Sometime ago I copied the
following from a local print:--
"'_Nixon's Prophecy._--When a fox without cubs shall sit in the White
Chapel of England, then men shall travel to Paris without horses, and
kings shall run away and leave their crowns.'
"The present incumbent of Daresbury, Cheshire (the White Chapel of
England), is the Rev. Mr. Fawkes, who (1849) is unmarried. The striking
accomplishment--railway travelling and the revolutions of the present
year--must be obvious to every one."
My Query to the above is this: Why is the church of Daresbury called the
White Chapel of England, and how did the name originate? The people in the
neighbourhood, I understand, know nothing on the subject.
An answer to the above from one of your learned correspondents would
greatly oblige.