Basford is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston and Crewe Green, [1] in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, lying immediately south of Crewe.

"BASFORD, a township in the parish of WYBUNBURY, hundred of NANTWICH, county palatine of CHESTER, 4¾ miles (E.) from Nantwich, containing 86 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie] Basford was a township in Wybunbury ancient parish, Nantwich hundred (SJ 7152), which became a civil parish in 1866.

BASFORD, a township in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire; on the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles SSE of Crewe. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 642. Real property, £829. Pop., 60. Houses, 12. Basford through time. Basford is now part of Crewe and Nantwich district.

Weston and Basford are two villages in South Cheshire, situated to the south-east of Crewe. Weston consists of the village and the hamlets of Stowford, Carters Green, Snape, Englesea Brook and...

Over the decades Basford has changed from being mainly a scattered agricultural township to a scattered village of farms and homes, with the population being involved with all aspects of modern professions. The main concentration of these modern homes, are along Weston Lane, Hollymount and Larch Avenue.

Basford is located in the county of Cheshire, North West England, two miles south of the town of Crewe, nine miles north-west of the major town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 114 miles north of Cardiff, and 145 miles north-west of London. Basford …

English: Basford is a former civil parish in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, just south of Crewe. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 266.

Weston & Crewe Green Parish is situated in the Crewe & Nantwich district of Southeast Cheshire, England. It is a group of small villages lying mainly to the South of the A500 & West of the M6 motorway, about 5km south east of Crewe.

Basford, a township in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire, 2½ miles SSE of Crewe. Acreage, 671; population, 54. Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

The following paper by Oxford Archaeology North (OAN) (formerly Lancaster University Archaeological Unit) outlines the archaeological potential of the proposed Basford West Development at Crewe and examines the archaeological impact of the development on the identified resource.