Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHORLTON-BY-BACKFORD

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Backford AP/CP/Tn       Chorlton By Backford CP/Tn       Cheshire AncC
Place: Chorlton By Backford

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