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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burleydam like this:
BURLEY-DAM, a chapelry in Acton parish, Cheshire; on the verge of the county, 3½ miles SSE of Wrenbury r. station, and 4½ E by N of Whitchurch. It has a post office under Whitchurch. The statistics are returned with Acton. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £100. Patron, Viscount Combermere.
Burleydam 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 Burleydam itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burleydam, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24219
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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