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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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MOULTON, a township, with a village, in Davenham parish, Cheshire; on the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles S of Northwich. Acres, 483. Real property, £1,742. Pop. in 1851,328; in 1861,395. Houses, 90. The inrease of pop. arose from the extension of the salt trade. The manor belongs to J. H. Harper, Esq. Moulton Hall estate belonged formerly to the Bastock family, and belongs now to J. F. France, Esq. Moulton Lodge is the residence of Mr. S. Bracegirdle. Extensive saltworks, in the township, belong to the Newbridge Salt company. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Davenham AP/CP Moulton CP/Tn Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Moulton |
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