In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chorley like this:
CHORLEY, a township in Wrenbury parish, Cheshire; 4½ miles W of Nantwich. Acres, 1, 381. Real property, 1, 713. Pop., 166. Houses, 28.
Chorley through time
Chorley is now part of Crewe and Nantwich district. Click here for graphs and data of how Crewe and Nantwich has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chorley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chorley, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3590
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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