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
Moston is now part of Chester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
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: 20th April 2024
Not where you were looking for?
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".
