Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHORLEY

CHORLEY, a township in Wrenbury parish, Cheshire; 4½ miles W of Nantwich. Acres, 1, 381. Real property, 1, 713. Pop., 166. Houses, 28.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wrenbury Ch       Cheshire AncC
Place: Chorley

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