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MOSTON (near Chester)

Cemeteries
Churches
Civil Registration
Court Records
Description & Travel

Historical Geography
Maps
Politics
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
Voting Registers

"MOSTON, a township in that part of the parish of St-MARY-CHESTER, which is in the lower division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Chester, containing 18 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

Moston was a township in St. Mary on the Hill ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4070), which became a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlet of The Dale.
The population was 14 in 1801, 14 in 1851, 51 in 1901, 850 in 1951, and 680 in 2001.

Cemeteries

Anglican
St Mary on the Hill, Chester, Church of England

Cemeteries
Blacon Cemetery, Blacon Road, Chester, Cemetery
Overleigh Cemetery, Handbridge, Chester, Cemetery

Other
St Barbara the Great Martyr, Chester, Greek Orthodox

Churches

Chester: St. Mary on the Hill (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Moston.
Upton: Holy Ascension (Church of England). The district church for Moston from 1882.

There are more than 30 churches identified in this place. Please click here for a complete list.

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Civil Registration

Great Boughton (1837-69)
Chester (1870-1937)
West Cheshire (1937-74)
Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
Cheshire West (1998-2007)
Cheshire (2007-09)
Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

Court Records

Broxton (1828-71)
Chester Castle (1871-1974)
Chester (1974-2001)
Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
West Cheshire (2012+)

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StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
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Bing (was Multimap)
OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
Elgin Road Works
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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Politics and Government

Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
Chester (1974-2009)
Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)

Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

Great Boughton (1837-71)
Chester (1871-1930)

Voting Registers

South Cheshire (1832-67)
West Cheshire (1868-85)
Eddisbury (1885-1915)
Chester (1915-74)