Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHOLMONDELEY

CHOLMONDELEY, a township in Malpas parish, Cheshire; 7 miles W of Nantwich. Acres, 2, 898. Real property, £2, 830. Pop., 306. Houses, 54. Cholmondeley Castle, the seat of Marquis Cholmondeley, is an edifice in the pointed style, rebuilt in 1804. The previous castle was garrisoned, in 1643, for Charles I.; and taken, in 1644, by the Earl of Denbigh.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cholmondeley CP/Tn       Malpas AP/Tn/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Cholmondeley

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