In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Backford like this:
BACKFORD, a township and a parish in Great Bough ton district, Cheshire. The township lies on the Elles mere canal, 1 mile NE of Mollington r. station, and 3½ N of Chester. Acres, 749. Real property, £1,271. Pop., 150. Houses, 29. The parish includes also the townships of Lea, Canghall, Chorlton-by-Backford, and Mollington-Tarrant or Great Mollington; and its Post Town is Chester. ...
Acres, 3,109. Real property, £4,582. Pop., 525. Houses, 88. The property is divided among a few. Backford Hall is the seat of the Gleggs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £230.* Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church has monuments of the Birkenheads and the Morgalls. Charities, £26.
Backford through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Backford, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3558
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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