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"WISTASTON,a parish in the hundred of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 2½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Nantwich, containing 332 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £4. 0, 3., and in the patronage of Peter Walthall, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has lately received an addition of one hundred and fifty-eight sittings, of which one hundred and twenty-one are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £100 towards defraying the expense." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Wistaston was a township and parish in Nantwich hundred (SJ 6853), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlets of Moorfields (part), Wells Green, West End, Wistaston Green and Wood End.
- The population was 258 in 1801, 298 in 1851, 494 in 1901, 2818 in 1951, and 8222 in 2001.
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- Nantwich (1837-1937)
- Crewe (1937-74)
- Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
- South Cheshire (1988-98)
- Cheshire Central (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
- Nantwich (wholly, 1828-92 and 1894-1974 ; partly, 1892-94) *
- Crewe (Borough) (partly, 1892-94) *
- Crewe & Nantwich (1974-92)
- South Cheshire (1992+)
* The part in Crewe (Borough) (1892-94) was added to the civil parish of Monks Coppenhall in 1894.
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"WISTASTON, a parish in the hundred of Nantwich, county Chester, 2 miles N.E. of Nantwich, and 2 S.W. of Crewe. The soil is light and sandy, upon a subsoil of clay. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester, value £200. The church, dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, was built in 1828. There is a school, with a small endowment."
- 1894 March 24 — Lost the part in Crewe Municipal Borough to Monks Coppenhall (pop. 328 in 1901)
- 1936 April 1 — Lost part to Monks Coppenhall (267 acres, pop. 244 in 1931)
- 1990 April 1 — Gained parts of Monks Coppenhall, Rope and Worleston, and lost parts to Monks Coppenhall, Rope and Willaston (near Nantwich)
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- Nantwich Rural Sanitary District (wholly, 1875-1892 ; partly, 1892-94)
- Crewe Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1892-94) *
- Crewe Municipal Borough (partly, 1892-94) *
- Nantwich Rural District (1894-1974)
- Crewe & Nantwich (1974-2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
* The part in Crewe Municipal Borough and Crewe Urban Sanitary District (1892-94) was added to the civil parish of Monks Coppenhall in 1894.