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Aldford, Cheshire

Historical Description

Aldford, a village, a township, and a parish in Cheshire. The village stands on an affluent of the Dee, 4 miles SSW of Waverton station on the L. & N.W.R., and 5 S by E of Chester, under which it has a post office; telegraph office, Eccleston. A bridge here crosses an " old ford " on the line of a Roman road into Wales. Remains of a castle are in the neighbourhood, erected in the reign of Henry II., and garrisoned by Brereton in the civil war. The parish includes also the townships of Edgerley, Buerton, and Churton-by-Aldford. Acreage, 1276; population of civil parish, 457; of ecclesiastical, 713. The manor belongs to the Duke of Westminster, whose seat, Eaton Hall, is about ½ mile distant. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; value, £310. Patron, the Duke of Westminster. The church was rebuilt in 1866. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCheshire 
Ecclesiastical parishAldford St. John the Baptist 
HundredBroxton 
Poor Law unionGreat Boughton 
Registration districtGreat Boughton1837 - 1869
Registration districtChester1870 - 1937

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Aldford from 1837 to 1869 you should search for the Great Boughton Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Aldford from 1870 to 1937 you should search for the Chester Registration District.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Aldford from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Aldford are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.

CountyCheshire West and Chester
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtCH3
Post TownChester

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