c.1230 Mill built by Adam the Carpenter from Upton
c.1230
Township given as alms to Stanlaw Abbey
1250
Dissolution of the monastries, Cronton Manor sold to Thomas Holt of Gristlehurst
1537
Pex Hill sandstone quarry in use
17th century
Charles Leadbetter, mathematician and astronomer, born at Cronton
1681
Cronton Cross repaired
1734
Bears Paw Cottages used as a workhouse for the poor until 1843 when the Prescot Union Workhouse in Whiston was opened
1780
Cronton Hall sold by the Wright family to Bartholomew Bretherton of Rainhill
1821
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built
1845
Pex Hill Cross destroyed during the construction of Pex Hill reservoirs
1868
Public Elementary Catholic School built
1893
Population of Cronton was 583
1901
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church built, largely due to a donation from Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton of Rainhill
1911
New Holy Family Catholic school building opens
1972
Local government re-organisation - Cronton becomes part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
1974
Cronton's war memorial erected in Smithy Lane, commemorating the local casualties of both world wars
1990
Liverpool Astronomical Society's Pex Hill Observatory opened by Dr Patrick Moore C.B.E.
1994
Cronton Cross and Cronton Stocks renovated as part of the Restoration of Historic Crosses, Milestones and Landmarks Project
2007