Place:


Somerford  Cheshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Somerford like this:

SOMERFORD, a township in Astbury parish, Cheshire; 3 miles NW by W of Congleton. Acres, 1,203. Real property, £1,821. Pop., 82. Houses, 14. S. Park is the seat of SirW. Shakerley, Bart.

Somerford through time

Somerford is now part of Congleton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Congleton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Somerford itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Somerford, in Congleton and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4570

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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