Willaston, Cheshire West

Willaston (or Wilaveston) was the earlier name of the Wirral Hundred (Hundred of Wilaveston), the peninsula's former administrative division, and one of the Hundreds of Cheshire. The Hundredal name is often taken from the administrative area for the Hundred, suggesting Willaston was once of some importance in the post-Roman period as the meeting place of the hundred court. Later the village became a township and chapelry within the parish of Neston, the largest settlement on the Wirral until the early 19th century. In 1866 Willaston became a civil parish, on 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished. Willaston included part of the hamlet of Badgers Rake, which became part of the civil parish of…