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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crowton like this:
CROWTON, a township in Weaverham parish, Cheshire; near the Grand Junction railway, 5¼-miles W of Northwich. Acres, 1, 384. Real property, £2, 612. Pop., 413. Houses, 93. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Crowton 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 Crowton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crowton, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3595
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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