- Aston juxta Mondrum
Aston juxta Mondrum is a village and
civil parish in theCrewe and Nantwich district ofCheshire ,England . It is about four miles north ofNantwich . The civil parish also includes part ofWorleston village.Demographics
According to the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 133, in 55 households. [citeweb|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792551&c=Aston+juxta+Mondrum&d=16&e=15&g=428274&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216050113917&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=2001 Census: Aston juxta Mondrum CP (parish headcounts)|work=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=29 February|accessyear=2008] The historical population figures were 111 (1801), 171 (1851), 194 (1901) and 141 (1951).
Landmarks
The grade-II-listed St Oswald's Church, founded 1873, is in Worleston village.citeweb|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/astonjuxtamondrum.html |title=Aston juxta Mondrum|work=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|accessdate=29 February|accessyear=2008] A major fire in 1997 damaged the roof, chancel and organ loft; the church has since been restored. [citeweb|url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/acmww/stoswald/history/stoshist.htm |title=History of St Oswald's Church|work=Cross Country Group of Parish Churches|accessdate=29 February|accessyear=2008] [citeweb|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/276010 |title=St. Oswald's Church, Worleston after the fire|publisher="Geograph"|accessdate=29 February|accessyear=2008] [citeweb|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/276012 |title=St. Oswald's Church, Worleston after the fire|publisher="Geograph"|accessdate=29 February|accessyear=2008] St Oswald's has been administered since 1991 as a
united benefice , the Cross Country Group of Parish Churches, with St Mary's, Acton, St Bartholomew's, Church Minshull, and St David's,Wettenhall . It falls into the rural deanery ofNantwich and the diocese ofChester .Latham, p. 9] Since 2007, the vicar has been the Reverend Peter Lillicrap. [citeweb|url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/acmww/officers/pplfrm.htm |title=Church Officers: Reverend Peter Lillicrap|work=Cross Country Group of Parish Churches|accessdate=26 February|accessyear=2008] A magazine, "Cross Country", is circulated across all four churches.citeweb|url=http://www.cheshirecc.org.uk/forms/parishplans/Acton%20Edleston%20Henhull%20Parish%20Plan.pdf |title=Acton, Edleston and Henhull Parish Plan|work=Cheshire County Council|accessdate=17 August|accessyear=2007]St Oswald's CE Primary School (gbmappingsmall|SJ652567) on Church Lane was originally Worleston National School and is still often referred to as "Worleston School". The present building dates from 1887, although there are records of the school as early as 1863. [Latham, pp. 91–2]
References
ource
*Latham FA, ed. "Acton" (The Local History Group; 1995) (ISBN 0 9522284 1 6)
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