Burwardsley, Cheshire
Historical Description
Burwardsley, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Bunbury parish, Cheshire, 4½ miles SSW of Tarporley, on the W slope of Peckforton Hills. The railway station is at Tattenhall. Post town, Chester. Acreage, mostly pasture in small holdings, 1058; population, 383. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester; net value, £87 with residence. Patrons, trustees. The church was built in 1735, and enlarged in 1889. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Cheshire | |
| Civil parish | Bunbury | |
| Hundred | Broxton | |
| Poor Law union | Nantwich | |
| Registration district | Chester | 1892 - 1937 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Burwardsley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Burwardsley)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Burwardsley are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.