Nether Alderley is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Cheshire, England, on the
A34 a mile and a half south of
Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. In 2011, it had a population of 4,780.
Alderley Edge is northwest of Macclesfield and south of Manchester, at the base of a steep and thickly wooded sandstone escarpment, Alder ...
. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Monk's Heath and Soss Moss.
At Monk's Heath crossroads, the A34 crosses the
A537. The
AstraZeneca
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research laboratories at
Alderley Park house 260 cancer research scientists.
At the 2011 census, the population was 665.
Landmarks
St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley, is a Grade I
listed building
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,
described by
Nickolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British history of art, art historian and history of architecture, architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county ...
as "unexpectedly and picturesquely irregular".
is a 16th-century watermill owned by the
National Trust
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and designated at Grade II*.
Notable residents
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David Beckham and his wife, pop star
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham (; born 17 April 1974) is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh Spice. Wi ...
, used to have a house in Nether Alderley.
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Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine used to live next door to St Mary's Church in Nether Alderley.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Ole Gunnar Solskjær (; born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward who last managed Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Solskjær spent the majority of his car ...
has a house in Nether Alderley.
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Henry de Motlowe, judge and politician, was the local landowner in the 1340s and 1350s
See also
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Listed buildings in Nether Alderley
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Alderley Park
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Gatley Green
References
External links
Villages in Cheshire
Civil parishes in Cheshire
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