Descriptive gazetteer entries

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.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Woolston by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

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