Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRESTON-ON-THE-HILL

PRESTON-ON-THE-HILL, a township in Runcorn parish, Cheshire; at the junction of the Bridgewater and the Trent and Mersey canals, and on the Warrington and Crewe railway, 5½ miles S S W of Warrington. It contains a village of its own name, and the village and r. station of Preston-Brook. Acres, 1, 122. Real property, £2, 300. Pop., 596. Houses, 99. The manor belongs to F. H. Barker, Esq. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(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: Preston on the Hill CP/Tn       Runcorn CP/AP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Preston on the Hill

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