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Lea by Backford
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"LEA, a township in that part of the parish of BACKFORD which is in the higher division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 4 miles (N.N.W.) from Chester, containing 87 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Lea by Backford was a township in Backford ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3971), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- It includes the hamlet of Dunkirk (part).
- The population was 70 in 1801, 91 in 1851, 73 in 1901, 233 in 1951, and 191 in 2001.
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- Great Boughton (1837-69)
- Chester (1870-1937)
- West Cheshire (1937-74)
- Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
- Cheshire West (1989+)
- Wirral (1828-71)
- Chester Castle (1871-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012+)
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ388719 (Lat/Lon: 53.240693, -2.918544), Lea by Backford which are provided by:
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- 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)
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- 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.
- Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)