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, and 38 in 1951.
Churches and Chapels
Chester: St. Oswald (Church
of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Croughton.
Chester: St. Thomas of Canterbury
(Church of England). Built in 1872 as a chapel to Chester: St. Oswald,
which it succeeded as the district church in 1881.
