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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rushton like this:
RUSHTON, a township in Tarporley parish, Cheshire; 2¼ miles E N E of Tarporley. Acres, 1,843. Real property, £2, 582. Pop., 342. Houses, 65. Boothurstwas a seat of the Welds. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
Rushton 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 Rushton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rushton, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5993
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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