In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moreton like this:
MORTON-ABOVE, MORTON-ANGLICORUM, AND MORTON-BELOW, three townships in Ruabon parish, Denbigh; on the Shrewsbury and Oswestry railway, 5 miles N of Chirk. Real property, £6,677. Pop., 3,467,130 and 191. Morton Hall is a chief residence. Many of the inhabitants are employed in collieries and iron-works.
The location is the inn which is marked as "Moreton Inn" on the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map of Denbighshire of 1874, viewable on the old-maps.co.uk site (accessed 10 Nov 20110; "Moreton Pit" is marked on the same map immediately to the west. Additional information about this locality is available for Rhiwabon
Moreton through time
Moreton is now part of Wrexham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wrexham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moreton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moreton, in Wrexham and Denbighshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25064
Date accessed: 09th June 2024
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