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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moreton like this:
MORETON-CUM-ALCUMLOW, a township in Astbury parish, Cheshire; near the Macclesfield canal, 2½ miles SS W of Congleton. Acres, 1,100. Real property, £1,879. Pop., 119. Houses, 21. Moreton Hall here is a timbered house of the time of Elizabeth.
Moreton is now part of CHESHIRE EAST Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE EAST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moreton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moreton, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6187
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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