Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHISTON

WHISTON, a township, with two hamlets, in Kingsley parish, Stafford; 4 miles NE of Cheadle. It has a post-office under Stafford. Real property, £2,536; of which £141 are in ironworks. Pop., 708. Houses, 137. The manor has belonged since 1380 to the Giffards.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township, with two hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kingsley AP/CP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Whiston

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