In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cronton like this:
CRONTON, a township in Prescot parish, Lancashire; adjacent to the Runcorn railway, 3¼ miles SSE of Prescot. It includes the village of Cronton-Smithies and the hamlet of Cronton-Townend. Acres, 1, 121. Real property, £2, 599. Pop., 412. Houses, 69.
Cronton through time
Cronton is now part of Knowsley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Knowsley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cronton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cronton, in Knowsley and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10065
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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