Place:


Moulton  Cheshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moulton like this:

MOULTON, a township, with a village, in Davenham parish, Cheshire; on the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles S of Northwich. Acres, 483. Real property, £1,742. Pop. in 1851,328; in 1861,395. Houses, 90. The inrease of pop. arose from the extension of the salt trade. The manor belongs to J. ...


H. Harper, Esq. Moulton Hall estate belonged formerly to the Bastock family, and belongs now to J. F. France, Esq. Moulton Lodge is the residence of Mr. S. Bracegirdle. Extensive saltworks, in the township, belong to the Newbridge Salt company. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.

Moulton through time

Moulton is now part of Vale Royal district. Click here for graphs and data of how Vale Royal has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moulton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moulton, in Vale Royal and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4555

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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