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BASFORD, a township in Cheddleton parish, Stafford; 3 miles S of Leek. Real property, £3,128. Pop., 428. Houses, 76. Charles Cotton, the comic poet, born in 1630, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cheddleton Parish Staffordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Basford |
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