In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cruckton like this:
CRUCKTON, a chapelry, with a village, in Pontesbury parish, Salop; 3 miles WSW of Shrewsbury town and r. station. Post town, Shrewsbury. Real property, £4, 981. Pop., 155. The property is divided among a few. Cruckton Hall is the seat of the Harrieses. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the second Pontesbury rectory, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is good.
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Cruckton through time
Cruckton is now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Shrewsbury and Atcham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cruckton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cruckton, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23899
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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