Monument record 1836/0/0 - Aldford Village

The Village of Aldford has a compact nucleated plan. The settlement developed at a fording point on the River Dee. The medieval nucleus was on either side of the present School Lane. Aldford is an Eaton Estate Village and underwent remodeling in mid and late C19. The land to the south of the village (c.SJ.414587) was one of two open arable fields in which villages held rights confirmed by the tithe map of 1837. These rights still existed in the 1920s but, as they were no longer claimed, the boundary stones were removed and the meadow reclaimed (1).

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1980, CBA Group 5 Urban Research Committee Towns and Villages Survey Record Sheet, Cordon M 1980 (Unpublished Report). SCH551.

<2> Sale B & Turner R C, 1985, The Motte & Bailey Castle at Aldford (Unpublished Document). SCH3216.

<3> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1986/8/5 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.

<4> Cheshire Historic Environment Record, 1989, Jill Collens' Aerial Photographs, 6.0527 (Aerial Photograph). SCH9711.