In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ridley like this:
RIDLEY, a township in Bunbury parish, Cheshire; 5½ miles W N W of Nantwich. Acres, 1, 419. Real property, 1, 769. Pop., 129. Houses, 20. The manor belongs to Lord Cottenham. R. Hall, a fine old building, is now a farm-house. Lord Chancellor Egerton was anative.
Ridley through time
Ridley is now part of Crewe and Nantwich district. Click here for graphs and data of how Crewe and Nantwich has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ridley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ridley, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1499
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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