Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HELSBY

HELSBY, a village and a township in Frodsham parish, Cheshire. The village stands adjacent to the intersection of the Hooton and Northwich railway with the Chester and Manchester railway, at the foot of a range of hills, 2¼ miles SW of Frodsham; and has stations on the railways. The township comprises 1, 261 acres. Real property, £2, 849; of which £65 are in quarries. Pop., 570. Houses, 112. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Cholmondeley. There are a school-church and Wesleyan and Free Methodist chapels.


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

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Administrative units: Frodsham CP/AP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Helsby

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