Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CRONTON

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cronton CP/Tn       Prescot AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Cronton

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