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 War the salt-mining 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 Moulton Drama Group and Moulton Adventure Group. 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. ==Buildings==