In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Byley like this:
BYLEY, a township in Middlewich parish, and a chapelry in Middlewich, Devenham, and Sandbach parishes, Cheshire. The township bears the name of Byleycum-Yatehouse; and lies near the Trunk canal, 2 miles N of Middlewich, and 3½ NE of Winsford r. station. Acres, 1,030. Real property, £1,724. Pop., 124. Houses, 21. The chapelry bears the name of Byleywith-Lees, or St. John Byley; and was constituted in 1847. Post Town, Middlewich. Pop., 460. Houses, 90. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £100. Patron, the Vicar of Middlewich.
Byley through time
Byley is now part of Vale Royal district. Click here for graphs and data of how Vale Royal has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Byley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Byley, in Vale Royal and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4992
Date accessed: 21st May 2024
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