In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blacon like this:
BLACON-CUM-CRABHALL, a township in the parishes of Holy Trinity, St. Oswald, and Backford, Cheshire; near the Ellesmere canal and the Chester and Holyhead railway, 2 miles WSW of Chester. Acres, 1,115. Real property, £1,927. Pop., 69. Houses, 13.
Blacon through time
Blacon is now part of Chester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Blacon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blacon, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5675
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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