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Moston, township and ry. sta., Manchester par., SE. Lancashire - township, 1297 ac., pop. 3466; the sta. is 4½ miles NE. of Victoria sta., Manchester.
John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
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Local studies information is held at Manchester Local Studies library.
St Mary, Moston, Church of England |
St Joseph, Moston, Roman Catholic Cemetery |
Details about the census records, and indexes for Moston.
St Chad, New Moston, Church of England |
St John, Moston, Church of England |
St Luke, Lightbowne, Church of England |
St Mary, Moston, Church of England |
St Joseph, Moston, Roman Catholic Cemetery |
St George, Moston, Presbyterian |
The Register Office covering the Moston area is Manchester.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"MOSTON, a township in the parish of Manchester, hundred of Salford, county Lancaster, 4 miles N.E. of Manchester. The village, which is considerable, is situated on the Leeds railway and Rochdale canal. The poor have the benefit of a small bequest made by W. Langley in 1821."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Moston to another place.
In 1835 Moston was a township in the parish of Manchester.
Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
View maps of Moston and places within its boundaries.
View a map of the boundaries of this town/parish.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD881024 (Lat/Lon: 53.518326, -2.181671), Moston which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey 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)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Moston was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.
You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.