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

CATTON, a township in Croxall parish, Derby; on the river Trent, adjacent to the Birmingham and Derby railway, 5½ miles SSW of Burton-upon-Trent. Acres, 1,064. Real property, £2,329. Pop., 76. Houses, 13.

Catton through time

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

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Catton, in South Derbyshire and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3204

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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