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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moulton like this:
MOULTON, a township, with a village, in Davenham parish, Cheshire; on the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles S of Northwich. Acres, 483. Real property, £1,742. Pop. in 1851,328; in 1861,395. Houses, 90. The inrease of pop. arose from the extension of the salt trade. The manor belongs to J. ...
H. Harper, Esq. Moulton Hall estate belonged formerly to the Bastock family, and belongs now to J. F. France, Esq. Moulton Lodge is the residence of Mr. S. Bracegirdle. Extensive saltworks, in the township, belong to the Newbridge Salt company. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.
Moulton 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 Moulton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Galtway, in Dumfries and Galloway and Kirkcudbrightshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4555
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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