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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 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 Croughton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Croughton, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2515
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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