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
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
