Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MORETON-CUM-ALCUMLOW

MORETON-CUM-ALCUMLOW, a township in Astbury parish, Cheshire; near the Macclesfield canal, 2½ miles SS W of Congleton. Acres, 1,100. Real property, £1,879. Pop., 119. Houses, 21. Moreton Hall here is a timbered house of the time of Elizabeth.


(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: Astbury AP/CP       Moreton Cum Alcumlow Tn/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Moreton

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