Lea-by-Backford
Hamlet
Lea-by-Backford sign
Lea-by-Backford Location within Cheshire
Population	207 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ393712
Civil parish	Lea-by-Backford
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTER
Postcode district	CH1
Dialling code	01244
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	City of Chester
List of places UK England Cheshire 53°14′02″N 2°54′40″W / 53.234°N 2.911°W / 53.234; -2.911

Lea-by-Backford is a hamlet and 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 trunk road and to the north of the Shropshire Union Canal. Backford is approximately 1.2 mi (2 km) to the east and Mollington is approximately 1.2 mi (2 km) to the south.

At the 2011 census the population of the parish was 207.^[1]

In 1086, the settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book as Wisdelea.^[2]

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.^[3]