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Dist:0.3km<br/>The canal takes a wide sweeping contour hugging curve at the northern end of a another long embankment. Bluestone Farm is on the hill.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.4km<br/>A small former council estate is located to the east of the A534 in Acton. It originally dates from the 1950s, but has been since extended with a mixture of semi-detached houses and terraced bungalows. In the background (left) is the Victorian School House on Chester Road. Formerly attached to Acton Church of England primary school, it is now private houses
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Dist:0.5km<br/>These boats are on the Shropshire Union canal north-west of Nantwich Junction Bridge (No 92). A narrow marina with space for about forty boats is off to the left, with canal-side mooring for more boats. Visitor moorings are on the right.
©Roger Kidd
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©Ian Bottomley
Dist:0.5km<br/>Chester Road (A534) passing through the village of Acton.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking across the churchyard of St Mary's towards the 17th century, Grade II listed almshouses. On the tower buttress at the right of the photo there is a bench mark - [[1551644]]
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>Pair of grade-II-listed almshouses to the north of St Mary's Church, dating from the early 17th century. Now disused, the windows are bricked up. For more information, see: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56929
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Dist:0.5km<br/>View from Chester Road of St Mary's Church. For the view from Monks Lane, see [[700416]]. The 17th-century sundial in the churchyard is visible on the right; see also [[700584]]
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Grade II listed, dating from the 17th century. The shaft of the sundial was probably salvaged from an older stone cross, perhaps destroyed under the Puritan government. For more information, see: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56930
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Detail of [[700416]]
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The lower parts of the tower date from the 13th century; it fell during a storm in 1757 and the top was rebuilt in early Gothic Revival style (Pevsner). See also [[700416]]. For more information, see: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56928
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Dist:0.5km<br/>This fine church dominates the village of Acton. Its tower is said to be the oldest in Cheshire and dates from 1180 however much of it was rebuilt after a storm in March 1757. The church was used as a headquarters for Royalist Troops during the Civil War battle on or about the 25th of January 1644. Nearby at Acton Bridge over the Shropshire Union canal is a display board describing the events of the battle.
©Colin Park
Dist:0.5km<br/>Grade-I-listed church in the centre of the small village of Acton. The lower parts of the tower date from the 13th century; it fell during a storm in 1757 and the top was rebuilt in early Gothic Revival style (Pevsner). See also [[704988]], [[700441]] & [[700558]]. For more information, see: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56928
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Dist:0.5km<br/>This bench mark is on the south west face of the buttress at the north west corner of St Mary's church. The Grade I listing of the church http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=56928 indicates that the tower dates to the 13th century and, although it collapsed and was rebuilt around 1757, the lower part is still original. However, like most old churches maintenance and changes are constantly taking place. The surveyors schedule from the Ordnance Survey's First Geodetic Levelling 1851-1858 on the line between Newcastle under Lyme and Chester, states that the CM is on the 'South-west angle of Acton Church tower'. This mark is on the north west angle of the church, albeit facing south west, so it now seems unlikely that this bench mark could be the one from the first survey. See also [[1551649]]
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>A view from near the Lych Gate of St Mary's tower undergoing restoration.
©John S Turner

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