In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barnston like this:
BARNSTON, a township in Woodchurch parish, Cheshire; 4 miles N of Great Neston. It has a post office under Birkenhead. There is a tunnel of the Grand Trunk canal here, 550 yards long. Acres, 1,068. Real property, £1,325. Pop., 252. Houses, 52.
Barnston through time
Barnston is now part of Wirral district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wirral has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barnston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barnston, in Wirral and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3328
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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