Mill built by Adam the Carpenter from Upton
c.1230
Township given as alms to Stanlaw Abbey
1250
Dissolution of the monasteries, 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 including attached land and cottages sold by Richard Wright to John Atherton of Prescot
1819
Cronton Hall sold to Bartholomew Bretherton of Rainhill
1821
Cronton Tithe Map and Apportionment Schedule completed
1843
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built
1845
Pex Hill Cross destroyed during the construction of Pex Hill reservoirs
1868
Cronton School opens (later became Cronton Roman Catholic School)
1872
Public Elementary Catholic School built
1893
• Cronton comes under the governance of the newly formed Whiston Rural District Council
• Cronton's Church of England School opens
Population of Cronton was 583
1901
Cronton Village Hall, now Cronton Community Centre, built on land donated for the purpose by the Park family
1906
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 Garden Centre opens on Cronton Road
1995
Cronton Cross and Cronton Stocks renovated as part of the Restoration of Historic Crosses, Milestones and Landmarks Project
2007
Appraisal of Cronton's Conservation Area completed
2017
Former Black Horse public house building, Cronton Road, re-opens as The Dandelion Tavern - April 2019
2019
The whole year 2020 was dominated by the Coronavirus COVID-19. Working from home or being on furlough became the new normal, together with social distancing measures and the wearing of face coverings
2020