In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Croxteth like this:

CROXTETH PARK, an extra-parochial tract in West Derby district, Lancashire; 3¼ miles WNW of Prescot. Acres, 953. Real property, £1, 902. Pop., 46. Houses, 9. Croxteth House, partly an ancient edifice, is the seat of the Earl of Sefton.

Croxteth through time

Croxteth is now part of LIVERPOOL District. Click here for graphs and data of how LIVERPOOL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Croxteth itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Croxteth, in Liverpool and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10067

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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