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WESTON, a township, with a village, in Runcorn parish, Cheshire; at the influx of the river Weaver to the Mersey, 2 miles SSW of Runcorn. It includes Weston Point chapelry; and it has a church, a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, extensive freestone quarries, extensive chemical works, spacious wet docks, and a branch mineral railway to Runcorn. Acres, 1,282; of which 415 are water. Real property, £4,637. Pop., 965. Houses, 162. The manor belongs to Major G. Orred; and W. House is the seat of T. W. Bankes, Esq. See Weston-Point.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Runcorn CP/AP Cheshire AncC |
Place: | Weston |
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