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Rowton, Cheshire

Historical Description

Rowton, a village and a township in Christleton parish, Cheshire, on the Shropshire Union Canal, 3½ miles SE by E of Chester. Post town, Chester; money order and telegraph office, Christleton. Acreage, 591; population, 181. Rowton Hall and Rowton Grange are the chief residences. Rowton Moor was the scene of an important battle in 1645 between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Registration districtGreat Boughton1837 - 1869
Registration districtChester1870 - 1937

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Rowton are available from a number of sites:


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.

CountyCheshire West and Chester
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtCH3
Post TownChester

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