Chorlton-by-Backford

Chorlton-by-Backford is a former civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, approximately 3 mi to the north of Chester. It was abolished in 2015 and merged into the civil parish of Backford. Chorlton Hall is a Grade II listed building within the area.

In the 2001 census it had a population of 80, increasing to 124 at the 2011 census.

The name is likely derived from the Old English words ceorl (meaning a free peasant) and tūn (a farmstead or settlement).