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c1230

֍ Mill built by Adam the Carpenter from Upton

1250

֍ Township given as alms to Stanlaw Abbey

1537

֍ Dissolution of the monasteries, Cronton Manor sold to Thomas Holt of Gristlehurst

17th Century

֍ Pex Hill sandstone quarry in use

1681

֍ Charles Leadbetter, mathematician and astronomer, born at Cronton

1734

֍ Cronton Cross repaired

1780

֍ Bears Paw Cottages used as a workhouse for the poor until 1843 when the Prescot Union Workhouse in Whiston was opened

1819

֍ Cronton Hall including attached land and cottages sold by Richard Wright to John Atherton of Prescot

1821

֍ Cronton Hall sold to Bartholomew Bretherton of Rainhill

1843

֍ Cronton Tithe Map and Apportionment Schedule completed

1845

֍ Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built

1868

֍ Pex Hill Cross destroyed during the construction of Pex Hill reservoirs

1872

֍ Cronton School opens (later became Cronton Roman Catholic School)

1893

֍ Public Elementary Catholic School built

1894

֍ Cronton comes under the governance of the newly formed Whiston Rural District Council
֍ Cronton’s Church of England School opens

1901

֍ Population of Cronton was 583

1906

֍ Cronton Village Hall, now Cronton Community Centre, built on land donated for the purpose by the Park family

1911

֍ Holy Family Roman Catholic Church built, largely due to a donation from Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton of Rainhill

1972

֍ New Holy Family Catholic school building opens

1974

֍ Local government re-organisation – Cronton becomes part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley

1990

֍ Cronton’s war memorial erected in Smithy Lane, commemorating the local casualties of both world wars

1994

֍ Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Pex Hill Observatory opened by Dr Patrick Moore C.B.E.

1995

֍ Cronton Garden Centre opens on Cronton Road

2007

֍ Cronton Cross and Cronton Stocks renovated as part of the Restoration of Historic Crosses, Milestones and Landmarks Project

2017

֍ Appraisal of Cronton’s Conservation Area completed

2019

֍ Former Black Horse public house building, Cronton Road, re-opens as The Dandelion Tavern – April 2019

2020

֍ 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

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c1230

֍ Mill built by Adam the Carpenter from Upton

1250

֍ Township given as alms to Stanlaw Abbey

1537

֍ Dissolution of the monasteries, Cronton Manor sold to Thomas Holt of Gristlehurst

17th Century

֍ Pex Hill sandstone quarry in use

1681

֍ Charles Leadbetter, mathematician and astronomer, born at Cronton

1734

֍ Cronton Cross repaired

1780

֍ Bears Paw Cottages used as a workhouse for the poor until 1843 when the Prescot Union Workhouse in Whiston was opened

1819

֍ Cronton Hall including attached land and cottages sold by Richard Wright to John Atherton of Prescot

1821

֍ Cronton Hall sold to Bartholomew Bretherton of Rainhill

1843

֍ Cronton Tithe Map and Apportionment Schedule completed

1845

֍ Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built

1868

֍ Pex Hill Cross destroyed during the construction of Pex Hill reservoirs

1872

֍ Cronton School opens (later became Cronton Roman Catholic School)

1893

֍ Public Elementary Catholic School built

1894

֍ Cronton comes under the governance of the newly formed Whiston Rural District Council
֍ Cronton’s Church of England School opens

1901

֍ Population of Cronton was 583

1906

֍ Cronton Village Hall, now Cronton Community Centre, built on land donated for the purpose by the Park family

1911

֍ Holy Family Roman Catholic Church built, largely due to a donation from Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton of Rainhill

1972

֍ New Holy Family Catholic school building opens

1974

֍ Local government re-organisation – Cronton becomes part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley

1990

֍ Cronton’s war memorial erected in Smithy Lane, commemorating the local casualties of both world wars

1994

֍ Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Pex Hill Observatory opened by Dr Patrick Moore C.B.E.

1995

֍ Cronton Garden Centre opens on Cronton Road

2007

֍ Cronton Cross and Cronton Stocks renovated as part of the Restoration of Historic Crosses, Milestones and Landmarks Project

2017

֍ Appraisal of Cronton’s Conservation Area completed

2019

֍ Former Black Horse public house building, Cronton Road, re-opens as The Dandelion Tavern – April 2019

2020

֍ 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

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