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"BURLAND, a township in the parish of ACTON, hundred of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 2½ miles (W.) from Nantwich, containing 505 inhabitants. The Whitchurch branch of the Chester canal crosses this township." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Burland was a township in Acton ancient parish, Nantwich hundred (SJ 6152), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlets of Gradeley Green (part), Hollin Green, Ravensmoor (part), Stoneley Green and Swanley (part).
- The population was 371 in 1801, 627 in 1851, 581 in 1901, 546 in 1951, and 582 in 2001.
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- Acton: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Burland.
- Burland, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1833, closed in 1965. Registers 1826-37 can be seen on microfilm at the Cheshire Archives & Local Studies.
- Ravensmoor, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1878.
- Nantwich (1837-1937)
- Crewe (1937-74)
- Congleton & Crewe (1974-88)
- South Cheshire (1988-98)
- Cheshire Central (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Burland to another place.
- 1883 March 25 — Gained detached parts Nos. 3, 4, 7 and 9 of Baddiley (42 acres, pop. 20 in 1891, including Burland Green and Foxley's Farm)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ614535 (Lat/Lon: 53.077323, -2.577639), Burland which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nantwich Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Nantwich Rural District (1894-1974)
- Crewe & Nantwich (1974-2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)