In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rope like this:

ROPE, a township in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire; on a branch of the river Weaver, 2½ miles E of Nantwich. Acres, 572. Real property, £889. Pop., 88. Houses, 16.

Rope through time

Rope 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 Rope itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rope, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2886

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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