Aldford
Aldford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aldford and Saighton, in the county of Cheshire, England. (). The village is approximately to the south of Chester, on the east bank of the River Dee. The Aldford Brook joins the Dee just north of the village. In the 2001 census, the population of the village was 213, The population of the civil parish was recorded as 272 in the 2011 census. History. The name Aldford means "Old Ford" and likely derives from Old English. The village was a township in Broxton Hundred. A civil parish  from 1866, it was abolished in 2015 to form Aldford and Saighton civil parish. The population was 331 in 1801, rising to 521 in 1851, then 113 in 1901 and decreasing to 96 by 1951. Landmarks. 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, in almost rectangular form. A number of buildings in the village were designed by the architect John Douglas. These include the Grade II listed St John's church and the Grosvenor Arms public house. The River Dee outside  the village is crossed by the Aldford Iron Bridge, which was built in 1824 by William Hazledine for the 1st Marquis. Iron Bridge Lodge, adjacent to this bridge, was designed by Douglas & Fordham in 1894 and is listed Grade II. Aldford Hall and the Roman road Watling Street are outside the village.