A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WILLASTON, a township and a chapelry in Neston parish, Cheshire. The township lies 1½ mile WSW of Hooton r. station, and 2¾ E of Great Neston; and has a post-office under Chester. Acres, 1,941. Real property, £2,618. Pop., 340. Houses, 61. Lydiate House is the seat of D. Graham, Esq. The chapelry includes Raby and Thornton-Hough townships, and was constituted in 1854. Pop., 903. Houses, 161. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £183. Patron, D. Graham, Esq. The church was built in 1854. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Neston AP Willaston CP/Tn Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Willaston |
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