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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cruckton like this:
CRUCKTON, a chapelry, with a village, in Pontesbury parish, Salop; 3 miles WSW of Shrewsbury town and r. station. Post town, Shrewsbury. Real property, £4, 981. Pop., 155. The property is divided among a few. Cruckton Hall is the seat of the Harrieses. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the second Pontesbury rectory, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is good.
Cruckton is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cruckton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cruckton in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23899
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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