Neston, Cheshire

Historical Description

Neston, a parish in Cheshire, on the estuary of the Dee, around the town of Great Neston. It contains the townships of Great Neston, Little Neston, Ness, Willaston, Ledsham, Raby, Thomton Hough, and Leighton. Acreage, 10,567; population of the civil parish, 5342; of the ecclesiastical, 3704. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; net value, £400 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chester. Thomton Hough and Willaston are separate ecclesiastical parishes.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Neston from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Neston (St. Mary and St. Helen))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Neston are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:

• Chester Chronicle
• Cheshire Observer
• Chester Courant

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.