In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Croughton like this:
CROUGHTON, or Croghton, a township in St. Oswald parish, Cheshire; on the Mersey canal, 4½ miles N by E of Chester. Acres, 310. Real property, £12, 274. Pop., 28. Houses, 5.
Croughton through time
Croughton is now part of Chester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Croughton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Croughton, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2515
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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