Moston, Cheshire West and Chester
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{{Use British English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country= England
|official_name= Moston
|static_image= Shropshire Union Canal bridge 133 near Moston, Cheshire (2).JPG
|static_image_caption= Shropshire Union Canal bridge 133 near Moston
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|population= 642
|population_ref= (2011 census)
|civil_parish= Moston
|unitary_england= Cheshire West and Chester
|lieutenancy_england= Cheshire
|region= North West England
|constituency_westminster= City of Chester
|post_town= CHESTER
|postcode_district= CH2
|postcode_area= CH
|dial_code= 01244
|os_grid_reference= SJ401699
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Moston is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is in the north east of Chester, close to the Shropshire Union Canal and the A41 trunk road between Chester and Birkenhead. Moston combines with Bache and Upton-by-Chester to form a joint parish council.
History
Including the hamlet of The Dale, Moston was a township in St. Mary on the Hill Parish of Broxton Hundred.{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/moston1|title=Moston|publisher=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|access-date=27 December 2020}}
The present Moston Hall was built in 1789 for Richard Massey{{cite web|url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/moston-hall|title=Moston Hall|publisher=Parks and Gardens|access-date=27 December 2020}} and first used as a military hospital during World War I. A nearby house, known as The Dale, had been built in the 1880s on the Moston Hall estate. Both buildings were purchased by the War Office in 1938 and the site became the Dale Barracks.{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofuptonbychester.org.uk/wip17.htm|title=Moston Hall|publisher=History of Upton by Chester|access-date=27 December 2020}}
Demography
The population was recorded as 14 in both 1801 and fifty years later in 1851, then 51 in 1901 and rising to 850 by 1951.
According to the 2001 census, Moston had a population of 680,{{NOMIS2001|id=13UB083|title=Moston Parish|access-date=27 December 2020}} falling to 642 by the 2011 census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04011142|title=Moston Parish|access-date=27 December 2020}}
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