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"CROUGHTON, a township in that part of the parish of ST OSWALD CHESTER, which is in the higher division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 4½ miles (N. by E.) from Chester, containing 27 inhabitants. The Ellesmere canal passes through this township." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Croughton (pronounced Craw-tun) is a township in St. Oswald's ancient parish, Broxton hundred (SJ 4172), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The population was 33 in 1801, 22 in 1851, 29 in 1901, 38 in 1951, and 47 in 2001.
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- Great Boughton (1837-69)
- Chester (1870-1937)
- West Cheshire (1937-74)
- Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
- Cheshire West (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
- Wirral (1828-71)
- Chester Castle (1871-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012+)
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ414726 (Lat/Lon: 53.247485, -2.879899), Croughton which are provided by:
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- Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)