The name derives partly from a personal noun, with Pica's-tūn, meaning Pica's settlement or farmstead.[1]
Picton was formerly a township in the parish of Plemonstall,[2] in the Broxton Hundred, in 1866 Picton became a civil parish,[3] its population was 138 in 1801, 155 in 1851, 141 in 1901, 119 in 1951 and 58 in the 2001 census.[4][5] On 1 April 2015 the parish was abolished to form Mickle Trafford and District.[4][6]
Picton Hall and Picton Hall Farmhouse are designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. It is the only listed building in the parish.[9]