page_title: Moulton, Cheshire
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Moulton, Cheshire / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Spire and south porch of St Stephen's parish church, Moulton, Cheshire
context_page_description: Moulton is a civil parish and village in Cheshire, England, 3 miles south of Northwich and 3 miles north of Winsford.
context_section_description: The village can trace its history back to the Norman Conquest. Moletune is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as being among the estates of Baron Richard de Vernon of Shipbrook. George Ormerod described the village in 1882 thus: 'Moulton occupies a high ridge of ground, running parallel with the general course of the Weaver, and commanding a most extensive view over the vales of that river, and of the Mersey, in the several directions of Delamere Forest and Lancashire.'
  During the 19th century the character of the village changed from purely agricultural to a more mixed economy. Many workers in the salt mining industry, which lined the banks of the River Weaver, made their homes in Moulton. The factory owners built the terraced housing in Church Street and Regent Street for their employees, and in 1884 they opened the Verdin Institute complete with reading room, library, and billiard tables and gave it to the community.
  During the Second World War, Moulton was bombed several times. On one occasion, German bombers fire-bombed down the backs of the Regent Street houses, thereby missing all dwellings and resulting in no casualties.
  After the Second World War this industry quickly declined as new methods of abstracting salt by solution mining replaced the old fashioned pumping of wild brine and its attendant subsidence. The village quickly became a residential area with most folk working in nearby Northwich or Winsford. New housing development in the mid-1960s increased the population by over 60%.
  Moulton is now a thriving community of about 3,000 people. The local hall is run by St Stephen's Church and is host to a range of organisations including the excellent Moulton Drama Group, live music put on by innovative community music group, Malt'n'Music while the Moulton Adventure Group provides a wealth of activities for young people.
  Moulton School provides primary education to the children of the village. The school has strong links with the local secondary school, the County High School Leftwich, which is a Converter Academy.
  Moulton is home to the Moulton Verdin F.C., which plays in the Mid Cheshire Sunday League.
caption: Moulton Church
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