Lea-by-Backford is a
hamlet
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and
civil parish
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in the unitary authority of
Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of
Cheshire, England. It is situated between
Chester and
Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port ( ) is a port town in the Cheshire West and Chester borough in Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port is on the south eastern edge of the Wirral Peninsula, north of Chester, south of Birkenhead, southwest of Runcorn and south of ...
, west of the
A41 trunk road and to the north of the
Shropshire Union Canal.
Backford
Backford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated between Chester and Ellesmere Port on the A41 trunk road, to the north of the Shropshire Unio ...
is approximately to the east and
Mollington is approximately to the south.
At the
2011 census the population of the parish was 207.
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In 1086, the settlement was recorded in the
Domesday Book
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as ''Wisdelea''.
Lea-by-Backford, including part of the hamlet of Dunkirk, was a township within the Backford parish of the
Wirral Hundred
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. The population was recorded at 70 in 1801, 91 in 1851, 73 in 1901, 233 in 1951 and 191 in 2001.
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References
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Villages in Cheshire
Civil parishes in Cheshire
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