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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Toft like this:
TOFT, a township and a chapelry in Knutsford parish, Cheshire. The township lies 2 miles S by E of Knutsford r. station. Acres, 1,298. Real property, £2,003. Pop., 167. Houses, 34. The manor, with T. Hall, belongs to R. O. Leycester, Esq. The chapelry was constituted in 1855. Post town, Knutsford. Pop., 240. Houses, 51. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £30. Patrons, the Leycester Family. The church was built in 1854.
Toft 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 Toft itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Toft, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2913
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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