Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rowton

Rowton.-- township, Christleton par., Cheshire, 3 miles SE. of Chester, 591 ac., pop. 187; contains Rowton Grange, seat; on Rowton Heath the Royalists were defeated in 1645.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Christleton AP/CP       Rowton CP/Tn       Cheshire AncC
Place: Rowton

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