Cholmondeston

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Venetian Marina on the Shropshire Union Canal
Venetian Marina on the Shropshire Union Canal

Cholmondeston is a village (at SJ 628 599) and civil parish in the Crewe and Nantwich district of Cheshire, England. The village lies 5 miles to the north west of Nantwich. Nearby villages include Aston juxta Mondrum, Barbridge, Calveley and Wettenhall. The CreweChester railway line and the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union Canal run east–west through the parish, and the Venetian Marina is on the canal by Cholmondeston Bridge.

According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 153.[1]

The name is pronounced 'Chumston'.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics: Cholmondeston CP (accessed 12 August 2007)
  2. ^ Genuki: Cholmondeston (accessed 15 August 2007)