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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Snelson like this:
SNELSON, a township in Rostherne parish, Cheshire; 5½ miles SE of Knutsford. Acres, 426. Real property, £907. Pop., 158. Houses, 36. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Snelson 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 Snelson itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Snelson, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2927
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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