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Near the lovely village of Eccleston - Ferry Farm on the other bank.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>A superbly carved and gilded reredos behind the altar, by Farmers & Brindley, depicts the Crucifixion and Passion.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The Parish Church of Eccleston,Nr. Chester showing the East Window, the stained glass that of Burlison & Grylls, as is all the stained glass throughout.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>This is the third Church to have been built here. It is said that High Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, approached on of the leading architects in the land, G. F. Bodley, and asked him to build a Cathedral at Eccleston. On being told that one already existed a few miles away at Chester, the Duke replied, then build me a small one’. http://ecclestonvillage.co.uk/3.html
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Dist:0.3km<br/>A bronze relief-memorial to Captain Hugh William Grosvenor, who was killed in the First World War. He was the son of the 1st Duke of Westminster. The relief is on the wall in the Grosvenor Chapel, where there are memorials to all five Dukes of Westminster.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The tomb of the First Duke of Westminster, carved in alabaster and designed by Bodley.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The magnificent early 18th century entrance gates were originally at Emrall Hall, Flintshire, and were made by the skilled Davies Bros. of Bersham. They were placed here as a memorial to the 2nd Duke of Westminster following his death in 1953.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>View northwards from Paddock Road, featuring the village Pump House. http://ecclestonvillage.co.uk/1.html
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Dist:0.3km<br/>On the junction of Church Road and Paddock Road.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>This fine entrance gave way to a lovely curved driveway.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The church of St. Mary the Virgin, holds memorials to five Dukes of Westminster, including in the Old churchyard, an interesting grave, that of a young Earl Grosvenor who died in 1909 aged just four.
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