HALSTON, a liberty (extra-parochial), in the hundred
of OSWESTRY, county of SALOP, 3 miles (E.N.E.)
from Oswestry, containing 39 inhabitants. There is a
domestic chapel belonging to John Mytton, Esq., who
appoints the minister. The Ellesmere canal touches
on the boundary of the liberty, which is crossed by
a small stream called the Perry; this, by a diversion of
its channel, has been made to resemble a large river,
called Halston Pool, covering about forty acres. The
Knights Templars had a preceptory here, dedicated to
the Blessed Virgin Mary, which subsequently belonged
to the hospitallers, and was valued, in the 26th of
Henry.VIII., at £160. 14. 10. per annum; in the reign
of Mary it was re-granted to the order of St. John of
Jerusalem, and in that of her successor Elizabeth it was
possessed by "William Home.