In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodbank like this:
WOODBANK, a township in Shotwick parish, Cheshire; 5½ miles NW of Chester. Acres, 175. Real property, £344. Pop., 63. Houses, 10.
Woodbank through time
Woodbank is now part of Chester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woodbank itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodbank, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3737
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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