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 1/2 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.
