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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pulford like this:
PULFORD, a village, a township, and a parish, in Great Boughton district, Cheshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Dee, at the boundary with Wales, 2 miles N E of Rossett r. station, and 5 S by W of Chester; and has a post-office under Wrexham. The township comprises 1, 176 acres. ...
Real property, £1, 723. Pop., 222. Houses, 45. The parish contains also the township of Poulton, and comprises 2, 567 acres. Real property, £3, 446. Pop., 354. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £200.* Patron, the Marquis of Westminster. The church was built in 1833; and is in the Tudor style, cruciform, with a tower.
Pulford is now part of CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pulford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pulford, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3693
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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