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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whiston like this:
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.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Whiston by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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Froghall | 0 | 2 |
Foxt | 0 | 2 |
Oakamoor | 0 | 2 |
Kingsley | 0 | 2 |
Cotton | 0 | 3 |
Ipstones | 0 | 2 |
Farley | 0 | 2 |
Cheadle | 1 | 2 |
Cauldon | 0 | 2 |
Alton | 1 | 2 |
Bradley in the Moors | 0 | 2 |
Ramshorn | 0 | 2 |
Freehay | 0 | 2 |
Waterfall | 0 | 2 |
Consall | 0 | 2 |
Waterhouses | 0 | 1 |
Basford | 0 | 2 |
Calton | 0 | 4 |
Staffordshire Moorlands | 2 | 0 |
Wootton | 1 | 2 |