Search for a place
Search for a place
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moston like this:
MOSTON, a township in St. Mary-on-the-Hill parish, Cheshire; on the Ellesmere canal and the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction railway, 3 miles NNW of Chester. Acres, 273. Real property, £394. Pop., 15. Houses, 2. Moston Hall is the seat of Mrs. Massey.
Moston is now part of CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moston, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1479
Date accessed: 16th November 2025
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Moston".
