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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rowton like this:
ROWTON, a township in Christleton parish, Cheshire.; on the Chester and Crewe railway, and on the Nantwichcanal, 3¼ miles S E by E of Chester. It has a post-office under Chester. Acres, 563. Real property, £1, 495. Pop., 163. Houses, 30. R. Hall is the seat of Capt. R. Currey. R. Heath was the scene of an important battle, in 1645, between the royalists and the parliamentarians.
Rowton 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 Rowton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rowton, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3698
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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