Croughton
CROUGHTON, a township, in the parish of St. Oswald, Chester, union of Great Boughton, Higher division of the hundred of Wirrall, S. division of the county of Chester, 4½ miles (N. by E.) from Chester; containing 27 inhabitants. It comprises 271 acres, of a clayey soil. The Ellesmere canal passes through the township.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.