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Name | Weston (near Runcorn) |
Alt names | Weston | | | Weston Point | source: A Vision of Britain through Time |
Type | Township, Civil parish, Suburb |
Coordinates | 53.321°N 2.738°W |
Located in | Cheshire, England |
See also | Runcorn, Cheshire, England | ancient parish of which it was a township | | Bucklow Hundred, Cheshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Runcorn Rural, Cheshire, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1936 | | Runcorn, Cheshire, England | town of which it has been a part since 1936 | | Halton District, Cheshire, England | district municipality and unitary authority covering the area since 2009 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
NOTE: There is also a village named Weston near Crewe further south in Cheshire.
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Weston or Weston Village has been since 2009 a settlement in the Halton unitary authority of Cheshire, England. Formerly a separate village, it is now part of the town of Runcorn. Weston overlooks the River Mersey and a large chemical plant.
Weston ceased to be a civil parish when it was absorbed into Runcorn in 1936.
Weston Point or Weston-Point (redirected here) is the location of the Port of Runcorn--a long historical article in Wikipedia.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of West Chelborough from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "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. Population: 965. Houses: 162. The manor belongs to Major G. Orred; and W. House is the seat of T. W. Bankes, Esq."
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