In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lea By Backford like this:
LEA, a township in Backford parish, Cheshire; on the Ellesmere canal, near Mollington r. station, 3½ miles NNW of Chester. Acres, 684. Real property, £678. Pop., 85. Houses, 15. Most of the property belongs to J. Fielden, Esq.
Lea by Backford through time
Lea 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 Lea By Backford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lea by Backford, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3060
Date accessed: 06th October 2024
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