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St John the Baptist Church, Aldford, Near Chester from the Ditch of Blobb Hill.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>A substantial farm on the Duke of Westminster's estates at Aldford. Seen from the Marches Way alongside the River Dee.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Seen from School Lane.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Late Victorian farm on the Duke of Westminster's Eaton estates.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Taken from the riverside footpath at dusk.
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©Jeff Buck
Dist:0.3km<br/>This pair are dated 1858 and are among the earliest of the 'new' village developed by the 2nd Marquess of Westminster. The fine wooden gates and cast house numbers are a feature of all properties in the village.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>The date on these sandstone built cottages says 1856.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>This is now the Junior School of Abbey Gate College, an independent school near Chester.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.4km<br/>These are among the handful of buildings which predate the planned development of the village of Aldford which occurred in the second half of the nineteenth century under the Marquesses and Dukes of Westminster. The timber framed part of the pair of cottages dates back to the 17th century and is grade II listed.
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©Jeff Buck
Dist:0.4km<br/>Not a display window, but still home to a rare Ludlow-style postbox See [[1350468]]. In this small village, the village shop still survives, although no longer a Post Office.
©Alan Murray-Rust

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