Moston is a small village and

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in the unitary authority of

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and the ceremonial county of

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, England. It is in the north east of

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, close to the

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and the A41 trunk road between Chester and

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. Moston combines with Bache and

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to form a joint parish council.

History

Including the

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of The Dale, Moston was a

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in St. Mary on the Hill Parish of Broxton Hundred. The present Moston Hall was built in 1789 for Richard Massey and first used as a military hospital during

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. A nearby house, known as The Dale, had been built in the 1880s on the Moston Hall estate. Both buildings were purchased by the

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in 1938 and the site became the

Dale Barracks Dale Barracks is a British Army base at Moston near Chester, England. It is home to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Yorkshire Regiment. It is scheduled to close in 2029. History The barracks are situated in the grounds of Moston Hall, a house built in ...

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, falling to 642 by the 2011 census.

References

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