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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chorlton By Backford like this:
CHORLTON-BY-BACKFORD, a township in Backford parish, Cheshire; on the Ellesmere canal, 3½ miles N of Chester. Acres, 527. Real property, £911. Pop., 85. Houses, 12.
Chorlton By Backford 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 Chorlton By Backford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chorlton by Backford, in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4513
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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