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Aldford Castle

motte-and-bailey castle in Aldford, Aldford and Saighton, England, UK
AdministrativeArea motte_and_bailey_castle Q4713789

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
motte-and-bailey castle
Country
United Kingdom[2]
Location
Aldford[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 53.130°, -2.870°
Short name
Aldford[7]
Described by source
Castle Studies Group[5]
Heritage designation
scheduled monument[6]
Historic county
Cheshire[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Aldford, Aldford and Saighton[1]
OS grid reference
SJ4189659542[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Aldford Blobb Hill en Aldford Castle en Aldford motte and bailey and shell keep castle en Blobb Hill pt Castelo Aldford
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Aldford Castle.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/026_z8c
Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID
English%20sites/179
GeoNames ID
6286957
Historic England research records ID
68791
National Heritage List for England number
1007605

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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Aldford, Aldford and Saighton
Country 1
United Kingdom
Heritage designation 1
scheduled monument
Instance of 1
motte-and-bailey castle
Location 1
Aldford
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  1. [2] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Aldford'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Aldford, Aldford and Saighton
    Coordinates → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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