Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILLASTON

WILLASTON, a township in Wybunbury and Nantwich parishes, Cheshire; on the Crewe and Shrewsbury railway, 1½ mile E by N of Nantwich. It has a post-office, of the name of Willaston-Heath, under Nantwich, and a r. station. Acres, 969. Real property, £3,480. Pop. in 1851, 349; in 1861, 767. Houses, 167. W. Hall is the seat of W. Bennett, Esq.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Nantwich Ch/CP       Willaston AP/CP/Tn       Wybunbury AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place names: WILLASTON     |     WILLASTON HEATH
Place: Willaston

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