Search for a place
Search for a place
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Basford like this:
BASFORD, a township in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire; on the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles SSE of Crewe. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 642. Real property, £829. Pop., 60. Houses, 12.
Basford 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 Basford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Basford, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4496
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Basford".
