English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Aldford

Parish in the County of Cheshire

Etymology

The ecclesiastical parish of Aldford contained 1. Aldford, 2. Buerton (now a c.p. containing part of Bruera 122infra , cf. Saighton), 3. Churton by Aldford, 4. Edgerley. This parish represents a division of the original manor of Farndon, v. 68, 74supra .

Major Settlements