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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burland like this:
BURLAND, a township in Acton parish, Cheshire; on the Ellesmere canal, adjacent to the North Western railway, 3½ miles NW by W of Nantwich. Acres, 1,520. Real property, £3,122. Pop., 672. Houses, 160.
Burland is now part of CHESHIRE EAST Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE EAST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burland, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2096
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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