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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitby like this:
WHITBY, a township in Eastham and Stoke parishes, Cheshire; on the Ellesmere canal, and on the Helsby and Hooton railway, 6½ miles N of Chester. It has a r. station of the name of Whitby-Locks, a post-office under Chester, a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a national school. Acres, 1,230. Real property, £2,833. Pop., 792. Houses, 158. W. Hall is the seat of J. Grace, Esq.
Whitby is now part of CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitby, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21220
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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