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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Littleton like this:
LITTLETON, a township, with a small village, in Christleton parish, Cheshire; on the Crewe railway, 2 miles E of Chester. Acres, 257. Real property, £851. Pop., 66. Houses, 11. Littleton Hall is the seat of T. Dixon, Esq.; and stands on an eminence, overlooking Chester.
Littleton 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 Littleton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Littleton, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6099
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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