In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Basford like this:
BASFORD, a township in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire; on the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles SSE of Crewe. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 642. Real property, £829. Pop., 60. Houses, 12.
Basford through time
Basford 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 Basford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Basford, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4496
Date accessed: 07th November 2024
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