1850-Shurlach-cum Bradford, situated two miles south east from Northwich, contains 208 acres of land, 31 houses and 159 inhabitants; population in 1801: 49; in 1831:98.  Rateable value £625. 8s. 3d.  John H Harper Esq. is lord of the manor, besides whom, Rev. E Marsland, Mr John Prescot, Mr William Caldwell, Mrs Caldwell, Mr William Barker, are landowners.  There are 28a. 1r. 25p of glebe land in this township, belonging to the chapel of Aston by Frodsham.  The royalty of the township of Shurlach and Wharton is attached to the barony of Shipbrook.
The farmers in Shurlach are Sarah Caldwell, Joseph Frith, Thomas Roberts, Thomas Walton, and George Webster.
Shurlach-cum-Bradford : 1850 & 1892
noun, historical: a piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income.ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin gleba, glaeba 'clod, land, soil'
1892-Shurlach-cum-Bradford:-
(Upper and Lower), with the hamlet of Bradford, is a small township on the Trent & Mersey canal, 1 1/2 miles south-east from Northwich.  The Weslyan Association Methodist chapel at Lower Shurlach, is a structure of brick, erected in 1846.  The royalty of this township, together with that of Wharton, is annexed to the barony of Shipbrook. 
Chief land proprietors: Mr Thomas Carter, Mr Richard Carter (Mere Heath), and Mr Henry Caldwell of Shurlach.
The township comprises 312 acres, chiefly applied to pasturage and grain.
Rateable value, £803.
The population in 1881 was 179.
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