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

RAVENSCROFT, a township in Middlewich parish, Cheshire; on the river Dane, 1 mile N by W of Middlewich. Acres, 140. Real property, £350. Pop., 32. Houses, 5.

Ravenscroft through time

Ravenscroft is now part of CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ravenscroft itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ravenscroft, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22612

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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