Place:Chorlton (near Nantwich), Cheshire, England

NameChorlton (near Nantwich)
Alt namesBetleysource: village in parish
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.05°N 2.407°W
Located inCheshire, England
Nantwich Hundred, Cheshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
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Chorlton (near Nantwich) is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 4 miles to the southeast of Crewe. Nearby villages include Betley, Hough in Wybunbury, Shavington, Weston by Crewe and Wybunbury. The Crewe to Stafford railway line runs north to south through the parish.

According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 113.

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Chorlton was a township in Wybunbury ancient parish in Nantwich Hundred which became a civil parish in 1866. The ancient parish church for the township of Chorlton was St. Chad's in Wybunbury. The district church for Chorlton from 1840 was All Saints in Weston by Crewe. Chorlton had a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.

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