The main occupation in the village of Warmingham is still farming. However, the other supportive occupations in 1850 were very different from those of the present time. Then there were two public houses, as there are today, but the location of one of them in the old rectory (now Warmingham Grange) is different from 1850. The Crown public house on the road to Crewe is now a farmhouse and still owned by the Buckley family.

The 1850 Directory of the Parish has:

Originally, the church was a black and white timber framed building, the present church being built in 1870 though the tower, built of hand made brick, is earlier - 1715. Prior to the building of the school in 1839, lessons were held in the lower portion of the tower. The present clock, being installed just after the turn of the century, was originally hand wound using a key some two feet in diameter and requiring 276 turns to fully wind the clock. Above the clock room hangs a peal of six bells, two of them inscribed:-

"God bless the Church and Nation, defend from Kings that are not Church's friend,"
Thomas Bostock, Thomas Cooper, Thomas Whiteker, C. Wars, 1715.
"God grant that England may be free from Presbytery and Popery,"
Samuel Holbrooke 1715.

Extracted from "Recollections of Warmingham Village Life" - Brief history and stories from the past.
Produced by George Buckley and Peter Noden to celebrate the 700th Anniversary of the Church.

(includes anecdotes of village life such as the coming of electricity, the scarlet fever epidemic and the Legend of Dragon's Lane)

Warmingham is a township and parish, the latter comprising also the townships of Elton, Moston, and Tetton, about 3 miles W. from Sandbach. The estates are the property of Lord Crewe, who holds a court leet and baron for this manor, and those of Elton and Tetton, and presents to the living of the parish. The parish church of St Leonard is situated near to the river Wheelock, and consists of a body and chancel, which were rebuilt in 1797. The tower was erected in 1715. The monuments in the church are principally to the Crewe and Vernon families. A free school was founded here by Mr Thomas Minshull, who endowed it with land producing £15 per annum. The inhabitants of this parish are for the most part employed in agriculture. Population in 1881, 794.

Post Office, Warmingham, George Cooke, Post Master. - Letters arrive (from Sandbach) at 8.15 a.m. and 5.15 p.m., and are despatched at 8.20 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. - The nearest Money Order Office is at Elworth.

Listed in the directory are the following:-

Rev. Henry J. Blackburne, The Rectory, Warmingham.

John Armstrong, School Master. Eliza Kitchen, Mistress.

Samuel Kettell, Bear's Paw, Warmingham

"The church of St. Leonard, originally of timber, was rebuilt in 1870, (with the exception of the tower, erected in 1715), and is now an edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, transepts, aisles, north porch and a western tower with eight pinnacles and containing a clock and 6 bells: the clock and a brass tablet in the church were erected in 1921 in memory of parishioners who fell in the Great War: four of the windows are stained, and there are 320 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £570, with residence, in the gift of the Marquess of Crewe K.G., P.C. and held since 1930 by the Rev. Richard Hargreaves M.A. of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The charities for distribution amount to £8 6s yearly."

Documents relating to this Parish Church, which are now held at the County Record Office, Duke St; Chester are as follows:-

Registers: 1538 - 1907.

Other Papers: 1680 - 1966.