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 through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moston, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1479
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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