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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woolston like this:
WOOLSTON-WITH-MARTINSCROFT, a township in Warrington parish, Lancashire; 2 ½ miles E by N of Warrington. Acres, 1,444. Real property, £2,950. Pop., 496. Houses, 97. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics.
Woolston is now part of WARRINGTON Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WARRINGTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woolston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woolston, in Warrington and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11051
Date accessed: 07th February 2026
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