Listed Buildings In Neston
Neston is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 76 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II. In addition to the village of Neston, it contains the settlements of Parkgate, Little Neston, and Ness. Outside the villages, the parish is rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses, or related to farming. The other listed buildings include churches and associated structures, a public house, a converted windmill, a former school and its chapel, a bridge over a disused railway, a war memorial, and a telephone kiosk. Key Buildings See also * Listed buildings in Gayton *Listed buildings in Heswall * Listed buildings in Raby *Listed buildings in Thornton Hough * Listed buildings in Willaston References Citations Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neston Listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chest ...
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Neston
Neston is a town and civil parish on the Wirral Peninsula, in Cheshire, England. It is part of the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. The village of Parkgate is located to the north west and the villages of Little Neston and Ness are to the south of Neston. At the 2001 census the population of Neston ward was recorded as 3,521, increasing to 4,329 at the 2011 census. The civil parish also includes Little Neston, Parkgate, Willaston and part of Burton and Ness, and had a population of 15,162 in 2001, increasing to 15,221 in 2011. History The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse ''Nes-tún'', meaning 'farmstead or settlement at/near a promontory or headland'. Another Nesttun town can be found near Bergen, Norway. It is also mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Nestone'' under the ownership of a William Fitznigel, with a population of eight households. Civic history A royal charter was granted to Neston in 1728 in support of its status as a ...
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