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

WARFORD (Great), a township in Alderley parish, Cheshire; 5 miles E by S of Knutsford. Acres, 1,272. Real property, £2,835. Pop., 380. Houses, 75. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels.

Great Warford through time

Great Warford 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 Great Warford itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2983

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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