In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chorlton By Backford like this:
CHORLTON-BY-BACKFORD, a township in Backford parish, Cheshire; on the Ellesmere canal, 3½ miles N of Chester. Acres, 527. Real property, £911. Pop., 85. Houses, 12.
Chorlton by Backford through time
Chorlton By Backford is now part of Chester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chorlton By Backford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chorlton by Backford, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4513
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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