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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Elton like this:
ELTON, a township in Thornton-le-Moors parish, Cheshire; adjacent to the Hooton and Helsby railway, near the river Mersey, 4 miles WSW of Frodsham. Acres, 1, 090. Real property, £2, 131. Pop., 190. Houses, 37. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
Elton 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 Elton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Elton, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5856
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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