In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lea like this:
LEA, a township in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire; near the Grand Junction railway, 5 miles SE by E of Nantwich. Acres, 404. Real property, £590. Pop., 62. Houses, 10. Lea Hall is now a farm house.
Lea through time
Lea 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 Lea itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lea, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3626
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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