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|official_name=            Aston juxta Mondrum
|population=               292
|population_ref=           (2011)
|civil_parish=             Aston juxta Mondrum
|unitary_england=          [[Cheshire East]]
|lieutenancy_england=      [[Cheshire]]
|region=                   North West England
|country=                  England
|constituency_westminster= [[Chester South and Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)| Chester South and Eddisbury]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Location of Chester South and Eddisbury |url= https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3979/location |website=parliament.uk |date=July 2024 |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref>
|post_town=                NANTWICH
|postcode_district=        CW5
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|dial_code=                01270
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|static_image_name=        St Oswalds, Worleston Cheshire.jpg
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'''Aston juxta Mondrum''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the unitary authority of [[Cheshire East]] and the ceremonial county of [[Cheshire]], England. It is about four miles north of [[Nantwich]]. The civil parish also includes part of [[Worleston]] village.

==Etymology==
The name of the village means 'Aston near Mondrum [forest],' presumably to set it apart from other places named 'Aston.'<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-364000-357000/page/1 |title=Aston juxta Mondrum |access-date=2015-07-16 }}</ref> in 1321, however, the place is called 'Aston in Mondrum' – that is it is within the forest of Delamere-Mondrum, TNA CHES 29/33 m 16.

==History==
The village is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] as consisting of three households, and was held by [[William Malbank, 1st Baron of Wich Malbank|William Malbank]]. Later on, Thomas lord of [[Crewe Green|Crewe]] granted his sister Sibill all his lordship of Aston as well as lands in [[Cholmondeston]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SJ6556/aston-juxta-mondrem/ |title=Place: Aston [juxta Mondrem] |access-date=2015-07-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ormerod |first1=George |title=The history of the county palatine and city of Chester |date=1819 |publisher=Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones. |location=London |page=192 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyp03orme/page/192/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref> Worleston Dairy Institute was located in the civil parish, and received a royal visit from [[George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] in 1913.<ref>Anon. The King and Queen at Crewe. ''The Times'', p. 9 (22 April 1913)</ref> The institute closed in 1926.<ref>Latham, p. 53</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]] the parish had a population of 133, in 55 households.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792551&c=Aston+juxta+Mondrum&d=16&e=15&g=428274&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216050113917&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=2001 Census: Aston juxta Mondrum CP (parish headcounts)|work=Office for National Statistics|access-date=29 February 2008}}</ref> The population of the civil parish had risen at the 2011 Census to 292.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120213&c=aston+juxta+mondrum+cp&d=16&e=62&g=6407801&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1457971060843&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=14 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood statistics}}</ref> The historical population figures were 111 (1801), 171 (1851), 194 (1901) and 141 (1951).<ref name="genuki" />

==Landmarks==
[[Image:Worleston School, Cheshire.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|St Oswald's School in 1996]]
The grade-II-listed [[St Oswald's Church, Worleston|St Oswald's Church]], founded 1873, is in Worleston village.<ref name="genuki">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/astonjuxtamondrum.html |title=Aston juxta Mondrum|work=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|access-date=29 February 2008}}</ref> A major fire in 1997 damaged the roof, chancel and organ loft; the church has since been restored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/acmww/stoswald/history/stoshist.htm |title=History of St Oswald's Church|work=Cross Country Group of Parish Churches|access-date=29 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/276010 |title=St. Oswald's Church, Worleston after the fire|publisher=Geograph|access-date=29 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/276012 |title=St. Oswald's Church, Worleston after the fire|publisher=Geograph|access-date=29 February 2008}}</ref> St Oswald's has been administered since 1991 as a united benefice, the Cross Country Group of Parish Churches, with [[St Mary's Church, Acton|St Mary's, Acton]], [[St Bartholomew's Church, Church Minshull|St Bartholomew's, Church Minshull]], and St David's, [[Wettenhall]]. It falls into the rural deanery of [[Nantwich]] and the diocese of [[Chester]].<ref name="Latham_p9">Latham, p. 9</ref> Since 2014, the vicar has been the Reverend Anne Lawson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/acmww/officers/pplfrm.htm |title=Church Officers: Reverend Anne Lawson|work=Cross Country Group of Parish Churches|access-date=26 February 2008}}</ref>

St Oswald's CE Primary School ({{gbmappingsmall|SJ652567}}) on Church Lane was originally Worleston National School and is still often referred to as "Worleston School". The present building dates from 1887, although there are records of the school as early as 1863.<ref>Latham, pp. 91–2</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Cheshire}}
*[[Listed buildings in Aston juxta Mondrum]]

== Notes ==
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==Further reading==
*Latham FA, ed. ''Acton'' (The Local History Group; 1995) ({{ISBN|0-9522284-1-6}})

==External links==
{{Commons category|Aston juxta Mondrum}}
* {{OpenDomesday|SJ6556|aston-juxta-mondrem|Aston &#91;juxta Mondrem&#93;}}

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