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"BASFORD, a township in the parish of WYBUNBURY, hundred of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 4¾ miles (E.) from Nantwich, containing 86 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Basford was a township in Wybunbury ancient parish, Nantwich hundred (SJ 7152), 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.
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- 1990 April 1 — Gained part of Shavington cum Gresty
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