In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Neston like this:

NESTON (Little), a township in Neston parish, Cheshire; on the estuary of the Dee, ¾ of a mile S E of Great Neston. Acres, 1, 993; of which 605 are water. Real property, £3,064. Pop. in 1851, 511; in 1861, 580. Houses, 119.

Little Neston through time

Little Neston is now part of CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Neston itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Neston, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/22535

Date accessed: 10th November 2025


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