In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aldford like this:
ALDFORD, a village, a township, and a parish in Great Boughton district, Cheshire. The village stands on an affluent of the Dee, 2½ miles ESE of Saltney r. station, and 6 miles S by E of Chester. It has a post office under Chester; and it was formerly a market town. A bridge here crosses an "old ford" on the line of a Roman road into Wales; and that old ford gave the place its name. ...
Remains of a castle are in the neighbourhood, erected in the reign of Henry II., and garrisoned by Brereton in the civil war. The township comprises 1,273 acres. Pop., 438. Houses, 88. The parish includes also the townships of Edgerley, Buerton, and Churton-by Aldford. Acres, 2,633. Real property, £4,872. Pop., 731. Houses, 150. The manor, with Eton Hall, belongs to the Marquis of Westminster. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £330.* Patron, the Marquis of Westminster. The church was rebuilt in 1866, and is in the early English style. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a free school.
Aldford through time
Aldford is now part of Chester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Aldford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aldford, in Chester and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3547
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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