Croughton or Croghton, Cheshire
Historical Description
Croughton or Croghton, a township in the parish of St Oswald, Chester, on the Shropshire Union Canal, 4½ miles N by E of Chester, and 2½ NE of Mollington station on the Birkenhead railway. Post town, Chester. Acreage, 281; population, 41.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cheshire | |
Hundred | Wirrall | |
Poor Law union | Great Boughton | |
Registration district | Great Boughton | 1837 - 1869 |
Registration district | Chester | 1870 - 1937 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Croughton or Croghton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Croughton)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.