Somerford, Cheshire

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Somerford
Cheshire
All Saints Chapel, Somerford.jpg
All Saints Chapel, Somerford
Location
Grid reference: SJ821633
Location: 53°9’58"N, 2°15’58"W
Data
Population: 430  (2011)
Post town: Congleton
Postcode: CW12
Dialling code: 01260
Local Government
Council: Cheshire East
Parliamentary
constituency:
Congleton

Somerford is a village in Cheshire, adjacent to the north west of Congleton, from which town it has some housing overflow. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 343, increasing to 430 at the 2011 Census.

Somerford Park was the site of a Georgian country house demolished in 1926. The park has now been restored to farming and an equestrian centre.

All Saints Chapel was built in 1720 as a chapel to Somerford Hall. It still stands and is listed at grade II*.[1]

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References

  1. National Heritage List 1309761: Chapel at Somerford Hall (Grade II* listing)