Aldford Castle
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Aldford Castle is in the village of Aldford in Cheshire to the north of the church (grid reference SJ419596).
It was founded by Richard de Aldford as a motte and bailey castle in the 12th century. Some fragments of the stonework around the bailey and significant earthworks survive. It overlooked a ford across the River Dee.[1][2]
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- ^ Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980), The David & Charles Book of Castles, Newton Abbot: David & Charles, pp. 176, ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
- ^ Aldford Castle, CastleUK, http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/117/aldfordcastle.htm, retrieved 1 September 2007
Coordinates: 53°07′49″N 2°52′11″W / 53.13038°N 2.86979°W
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