In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Antrobus like this:
ANTROBUS, a township and a chapelry in Great Budworth parish, Cheshire. The township lies 3 miles NE of Acton r. station, and 4½ NW of Northwich. Acres, 2,086. Real property, £4,233. Pop. 514. Houses, 99. Pop. of the chapelry, 673. Post Town, Northwich. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of Great Budworth. The church was built in 1848, and improved in 1863. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Antrobus through time
Antrobus 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 Antrobus itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Antrobus, in Vale Royal and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1381
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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