Margery of Daresbury, the daughter and heir of William Daresbury of Daresbury and the widow of Henry le Norreys, gave to her son Alan le Norreys the manor of Daresbury with the village of Over Walton.
Gilbert attended the church at Daresbury but was a benefactor of other local churches; he built the church of St. John the Evangelist at Walton in 1885.
Edward Greenall, born in 1902, became 2nd BaronDaresbury in 1938.