- A township in Wybunbury and Nantwich Parishes, Nantwich Hundred (SJ 6948).
- Includes the hamlet of Blakelow, Cheerbrook (part) and Moorfields (part).
- The population was 209 in 1801, 349 in 1851, 2400 in 1901 and 1882 in 1951.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
- Wybunbury St. Chad (C of E). The ancient parish church for most of Willaston.
- Nantwich, St Mary & St. Nicholas (C of E). The ancient parish church for a small part of Willaston.
- Willaston, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built 1864.
- Willaston, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built 1875.
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
- South Cheshire (1832-67); West Cheshire (1868-85); Crewe (1885-1954); Northwich (1955-74)
POOR-LAW UNIONS
REGISTRATION DISTRICTS
- Nantwich (1837-1937); Crewe (1937-74); Congleton and Crewe (1974-88); South Cheshire (1988-98); Cheshire Central (1998+)
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