Byley

Human settlement in England

Unitary authority

Region

53°13′16″N 2°25′12″W / 53.221°N 2.420°W / 53.221; -2.420

Byley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, about 2+1⁄2 miles north of Middlewich.

According to the 2001 census it had a population of 202, increasing to 235 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

This small village is said to be the 'Heart Of Cheshire'^{[citation needed]}

During the Second World War, Vickers-Armstrongs operated a shadow factory at Byley assembling Vickers Wellington bombers. The completed aircraft were towed to the nearby RAF Cranage airfield to be test flown.

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Civil parishes (former)

Unparished areas

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