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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chorley like this:
CHORLEY, a township in Wrenbury parish, Cheshire; 4½ miles W of Nantwich. Acres, 1, 381. Real property, 1, 713. Pop., 166. Houses, 28.
Chorley 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 Chorley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chorley, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3590
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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