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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Willaston like this:
WILLASTON, a township in Wybunbury and Nantwich parishes, Cheshire; on the Crewe and Shrewsbury railway, 1½ mile E by N of Nantwich. It has a post-office, of the name of Willaston-Heath, under Nantwich, and a r. station. Acres, 969. Real property, £3,480. Pop. in 1851, 349; in 1861, 767. Houses, 167. W. Hall is the seat of W. Bennett, Esq.
Willaston is now part of CHESHIRE EAST Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE EAST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Willaston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Willaston, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3407
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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