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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

BACKFORD

• A township in Backford Parish, Wirral Hundred (SJ 3972).
• Includes the hamlets of Backford Cross (part) and Strawberry.
• The population was 138 in 1801, 155 in 1851, 141 in 1901 and 119 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Backford, St. Oswald (C of E). An ancient parish serving the townships of Backford, Caughall, Chorlton by Backford, Great Mollington and Lea by Backford. Registers of Baptisms 1562-1981, Marriages 1562-1977 and Burials 1573-1981 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

• Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94); Chester Rural District (1894-1974); Chester (1974-date)

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

• South Cheshire (1832-67); West Cheshire (1868-85); Wirral (1885-1915); Chester (1918-74)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Great Boughton (1837-71); Chester (1871-1930)

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Great Boughton (1837-69); Chester (1870-1937); West Cheshire (1937-74); Chester and Ellesmere Port (1974-98); Cheshire West (1998-date).

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