Lea-by-Backford

Lea-by-Backford
Hamlet
Lea-by-Backford sign
Lea-by-Backford is located in Cheshire
Lea-by-Backford
Lea-by-Backford
Location within Cheshire
Population207 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ393712
Civil parish
  • Lea-by-Backford
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTER
Postcode districtCH1
Dialling code01244
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°14′02″N 2°54′40″W / 53.234°N 2.911°W / 53.234; -2.911

Lea-by-Backford is a hamlet and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated between Chester and Ellesmere Port, west of the A41 trunk road and to the north of the Shropshire Union Canal. Backford is approximately 1.2 mi (2 km) to the east and Mollington is approximately 1.2 mi (2 km) to the south.

At the 2011 census the population of the parish was 207.[1]

In 1086, the settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book as Wisdelea.[2]

Lea-by-Backford, including part of the hamlet of Dunkirk, was a township within the Backford parish of the Wirral Hundred. The population was recorded at 70 in 1801, 91 in 1851, 73 in 1901, 233 in 1951 and 191 in 2001.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lea-by-Backford Parish (E04011127)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Cheshire L-Z: Lea near Backford". Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Lea by Backford". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

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