Place:Burland, Cheshire, England

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NameBurland
Alt namesBurland Lower Greensource: hamlet in parish
Burland Upper Greensource: hamlet in parish
Hollin Greensource: hamlet in parish
Stoneley Greensource: hamlet in parish
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.083°N 2.583°W
Located inCheshire, England
See alsoActon, Cheshire, Englandancient parish of which it was a township
Nantwich Hundred, Cheshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Nantwich Rural, Cheshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
Crewe and Nantwich District, Cheshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2009
Cheshire East, Cheshire, Englandunitary authority covering the area since 2009
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Burland is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, about 2½ miles west of Nantwich. The civil parish also includes the small settlements of Burland Lower Green, Burland Upper Green, Hollin Green and Stoneley Green, as well as parts of Gradeley Green and Swanley (which have been redirected to Baddiley). The eastern part of the village of Ravensmoor also falls within the civil parish (redirected to the parish of Baddiley). Hollin Green is a different place from Hollins Green which is near Warrington in the north of the county and was, until 1974, in Lancashire.

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Burland was a township in Acton ancient parish in Nantwich Hundred which became a civil parish in 1866. The ancient parish church for the township of Burland was St. Mary's in Acton. Burland also had a Primitive Methodist chapel built in 1833 and closed in 1965. (Registers 1826-37 can be seen on microfilm at the Cheshire Record Office.) In Ravensmoor there is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in 1878.

The population was 371 in 1801, 627 in 1851, 581 in 1901, 546 in 1951, and 582 in 2001.

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