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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moreton like this:
MORTON-ABOVE, MORTON-ANGLICORUM, AND MORTON-BELOW, three townships in Ruabon parish, Denbigh; on the Shrewsbury and Oswestry railway, 5 miles N of Chirk. Real property, £6,677. Pop., 3,467,130 and 191. Morton Hall is a chief residence. Many of the inhabitants are employed in collieries and iron-works.
Moreton is now part of WREXHAM District. Click here for graphs and data of how WREXHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moreton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moreton, in Wrexham and Denbighshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25064
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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