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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sound like this:
SOUND, a township in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire; 3½ miles SSW of Nantwich. Acres, 1,067. Real property, £1,603. Pop., 246. Houses, 54. It has a post-office, of the name of S. Heath, under Nantwich. The manor belongs to the Earl of Kilmorey. There are chapels for Primitive and U. Free Methodists.
Sound 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 Sound itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sound, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2157
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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