Place:Basford, Cheshire, England

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NameBasford
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.066°N 2.425°W
Located inCheshire, England
See alsoWybunbury, Cheshire, Englandancient parish of which it was a township
Nantwich Hundred, Cheshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Nantwich Rural, Cheshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
Crewe and Nantwich District, Cheshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2009
Cheshire East, Cheshire, Englandunitary authority covering the area since 2009
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Basford is a hamlet and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, lying immediately south of Crewe. Nearby villages include Shavington, Weston, Hough and Chorlton. The population was around 250 in 2011. Basford was first recorded in the Domesday survey and had a moated manor. The modern parish is bisected by the A500 and the Crewe-to-Stafford railway line, and includes Basford Hall Sorting Sidings.

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Basford was a township in Wybunbury ancient parish in Nantwich Hundred which became a civil parish in 1866. The population was 55 in 1801, 69 in 1851, 69 in 1901, 229 in 1951, and 266 in 2001.

The ancient parish church for the township of Basford was St. Chad's in Wybunbury until 1840 when All Saints in the adjacent parish of Weston by Crewe became the district church for Basford.

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