Cotton

(usually called Coton), a small township, salubriously situated, one and a quarter mile S.W. from Ruyton, contains 233a. 2r. 9p. of land, and at the census of 1841 had one house and 14 inhabitants. Rateable value, £181. 15s. 9d. The tithes were commuted in 1847, when £10. 15s. was apportioned to the vicar, and £40 to the impropriator, George Edwards, Esq. Mr. Thomas Thomas is the principal landowner, and occupies all the land in the township.