WISTASTON,a parish in the hundred of NANTWICH,
county palatine of CHESTER, 2 miles (N. E. by E.) from
Nantwich, containing 332 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Chester, rated in the king's books at £4. 0, 3., and
in the patronage of Peter Walthall, Esq. The church,
dedicated to St. Mary, has lately received an addition of
one hundred and fifty-eight sittings, of which one hundred
and twenty-one are free, the Incorporated Society
for the enlargement of churches and chapels having
granted £100 towards defraying the expense.