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Aldford is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 and civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 in the county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 of Cheshire
Cheshire

Cheshire is a Counties of England in North West England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the City status in the United Kingdom of Chester, although Cheshire's largest town in terms of area and population is Warrington....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, south of Chester
Chester

Chester is the county town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, Wales, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider local government district of the Chester , which had a population of 118,210 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001....
 . Most of the building stock was constructed as a designed village in the middle of the 19th century by Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster

File:RGrosvenorStatChst.JPGRichard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was an England aristocrat who continued the development of his family's extensive property holdings in London....
, in almost rectangular form. A number of buildings in the village were designed by the architect John Douglas
John Douglas (architect)

John Douglas was an English architect who was trained in Lancaster, Lancashire and who set up his practice in Chester. He was responsible for the design of many buildings in Cheshire, North Wales and northwest England, in particular in the estate of Eaton Hall ....
. These include the Grade II listed St John's church
St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford

St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford is in the village of Aldford, Cheshire, England . The church is a Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglicanism parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas....
 and the Grosvenor Arms public house
Public house

A public house, the formal name for a pub in Britain, is a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic beverage for consumption on or off the premises in countries and regions of United Kingdom influence....
. The remains of Aldford Castle
Aldford Castle

Aldford Castle is in the village of Aldford in Cheshire to the north of the church .It was founded by Richard de Aldford as a motte and bailey castle in the 12th century....
 consisting of earthworks and a few fragments of stone can be found immediately to the north of the church.

The village is reputed to be in the possession of the Grosvenor Estate, although there is a chapel which has been sold as living accommodation on the open market.

Eaton Hall
Eaton Hall (Cheshire)

Eaton Hall is the country house of the Duke of Westminster which is set within a large estate south of the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, Cheshire, England ....
 and the Roman
Roman Britain

Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
 road Watling Street
Watling Street

Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans....
 are outside the village.








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Aldford is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 and civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 in the county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 of Cheshire
Cheshire

Cheshire is a Counties of England in North West England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the City status in the United Kingdom of Chester, although Cheshire's largest town in terms of area and population is Warrington....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, south of Chester
Chester

Chester is the county town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, Wales, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider local government district of the Chester , which had a population of 118,210 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001....
 . Most of the building stock was constructed as a designed village in the middle of the 19th century by Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster

File:RGrosvenorStatChst.JPGRichard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was an England aristocrat who continued the development of his family's extensive property holdings in London....
, in almost rectangular form. A number of buildings in the village were designed by the architect John Douglas
John Douglas (architect)

John Douglas was an English architect who was trained in Lancaster, Lancashire and who set up his practice in Chester. He was responsible for the design of many buildings in Cheshire, North Wales and northwest England, in particular in the estate of Eaton Hall ....
. These include the Grade II listed St John's church
St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford

St John the Baptist's Church, Aldford is in the village of Aldford, Cheshire, England . The church is a Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglicanism parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas....
 and the Grosvenor Arms public house
Public house

A public house, the formal name for a pub in Britain, is a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic beverage for consumption on or off the premises in countries and regions of United Kingdom influence....
. The remains of Aldford Castle
Aldford Castle

Aldford Castle is in the village of Aldford in Cheshire to the north of the church .It was founded by Richard de Aldford as a motte and bailey castle in the 12th century....
 consisting of earthworks and a few fragments of stone can be found immediately to the north of the church.

The village is reputed to be in the possession of the Grosvenor Estate, although there is a chapel which has been sold as living accommodation on the open market.

Eaton Hall
Eaton Hall (Cheshire)

Eaton Hall is the country house of the Duke of Westminster which is set within a large estate south of the village of Eccleston, Cheshire, Cheshire, England ....
 and the Roman
Roman Britain

Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
 road Watling Street
Watling Street

Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans....
 are outside the village.

See also

  • Aldford Hall
    Aldford Hall

    Aldford Hall is a farmhouse sited to the south of the village of Aldford, Cheshire, England . It is a Grade II listed building.The house was designed by John Douglas for Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and built around 1880....
  • Aldford Iron Bridge
    Aldford Iron Bridge

    Aldford Iron Bridge is a bridge crossing the River Dee, Wales north of the village of Aldford, Cheshire, England, linking the village with Eaton Hall , forming part of the Buerton Approach to the hall ....