Aston juxta Mondrum

Aston juxta Mondrum

Aston juxta Mondrum is a village and civil parish in the Crewe and Nantwich district of Cheshire, England. It is about four miles north of Nantwich. The civil parish also includes part of Worleston 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 of Nantwich and the diocese of Chester.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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