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{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
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|country=                   England
|official_name=             Lea-by-Backford
|type=                      Hamlet
|coordinates=               {{coord|53.234|-2.911|display=inline,title}}
|population=                207
|population_ref=            ([[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]])<ref name=2011census/>
|civil_parish=              Lea-by-Backford
|unitary_england=           [[Cheshire West and Chester]]
|lieutenancy_england=       [[Cheshire]]
|region=                    North West England
|constituency_westminster=  [[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]]
|post_town=                 CHESTER
|postcode_district=         CH1
|postcode_area=             CH 
|dial_code=                 01244
|os_grid_reference=         SJ393712
|static_image_name=         Sign, Lea-by-Backford, Cheshire - DSC06894.JPG
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|static_image_caption=      Lea-by-Backford sign
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'''Lea-by-Backford''' is a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the unitary authority of [[Cheshire West and Chester]] and the ceremonial county of [[Cheshire]], England. It is situated between [[Chester]] and [[Ellesmere Port]], west of the [[A41 road|A41]] trunk road and to the north of the [[Shropshire Union Canal]]. [[Backford]] is approximately {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}} to the east and [[Mollington, Cheshire|Mollington]] is approximately {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}} to the south.

At the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]] the population of the parish was 207.<ref name=2011census>
{{NOMIS2011|id=E04011127 |title=Lea-by-Backford Parish|accessdate=27 July 2020}}</ref>

In 1086, the settlement was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Wisdelea''.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire2.html |title=Cheshire L-Z: Lea near Backford |publisher=Domesday Book Online|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>

Lea-by-Backford, including part of the hamlet of '''Dunkirk''', was a township within the Backford parish of the [[Wirral Hundred]]. The population was recorded at 70 in 1801, 91 in 1851, 73 in 1901, 233 in 1951 and 191 in 2001.<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/LeaByBackford |title=Lea by Backford|publisher=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>

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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Lea by Backford}}

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[[Category:Villages in Cheshire]]
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