We could not match "WINSFORD" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 17 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "WINSFORD":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BATH and WELLS	Somerset	Winsford, and Wiveliscombe; and the p. curacies of Bicknoller, Dunster, Fitzhead, Leighland-in-Old Cleeve, Upton, Williton-in-St. Decuman	Imperial
  BYLEY	Cheshire	Winsford r. station. Acres, 1,030. Real property, £1,724. Pop., 124. Houses, 21. The chapelry bears the name	Imperial
  CHESHIRE	Cheshire	Winsford, and Middlewich; and is produced from the strata to the amount of about 60, 000 tons a year, and from	Imperial
  Cheshire, or Chester	Cheshire	Winsford. Coal and ironstone are worked in the districts of Macclesfield and Stockport. There are mfrs. of cotton, silk, and ribbons	Bartholomew
  CHESTER	Cheshire	Winsford, Sandbach-St. John, Wheelock, Church-Hulme, Elworth, and Goostrey. The archdeaconry of Liverpool comprises the deaneries of Wirrall and Warrington	Imperial
  EXE (The)	Devon Somerset	Winsford, Exton, and Dulverton, to Ex-bridge; turns southward into Devon; goes circuitously, past Bampton and Washfield, to Tiverton; is there	Imperial
  Higher Winsford	Devon	Higher Winsford , vil., Bideford par., N. Devon, in suburbs of Bideford.	Bartholomew
  MIDDLEWICH	Cheshire	Winsford station on the main line of the Northwestern, and 21 E of Chester; took its name from being a middle	Imperial
  NORTHWICH	Cheshire	Winsford, about 6 miles to the S. The white salt is sent chiefly to America, partly also and increasingly to India	Imperial
  OVER	Cheshire	Winsford-bridge, and is supplied with gas from works near Winsford-bridge; and has a post-office under Middlewick, a quondam	Imperial
  Swanlow Lane	Cheshire	Swanlow Lane , 2 m. from Winsford, Cheshire; P.O.	Bartholomew
  Wharton	Cheshire	Winsford, 2½ miles NW. of Middlewich by rail, 1253 ac., pop. 3507. The inhabitants are engaged in the mfr. of salt	Bartholomew
  WHARTON	Cheshire	Winsford, which has a head post-office,‡ designated Winsford, Cheshire. Acres, 1,224. Real property, £17,995. Pop. in 1851, 1,775; in 1861, 2,234. Houses	Imperial
  Winsford	Cheshire	Winsford .-- vil. with ry. sta., Wharton township, Davenham par., Cheshire, and local government dist. (consisting of the entire townships of Over	Bartholomew
  Winsford	Somerset	Winsford , par. and vil., Somerset - par., 8656 ac., pop. 485; vil., on river Exe, 4½ miles N. of Dulverton	Bartholomew
  WINSFORD	Cheshire	WINSFORD , a village, with a head post-office and a r. station, in Wharton township, Cheshire. See Wharton.	Imperial
  WINSFORD	Somerset	WINSFORD , a parish, with a village, in the district of Tiverton and county of Somerset; 4½ miles N by W of Dulverton	Imperial

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