Place:


Elton  Cheshire

 

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

ELTON, a township in Thornton-le-Moors parish, Cheshire; adjacent to the Hooton and Helsby railway, near the river Mersey, 4 miles WSW of Frodsham. Acres, 1, 090. Real property, £2, 131. Pop., 190. Houses, 37. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.

Elton through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5856

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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