Saighton
Also known as Saighton, Cheshire
Saighton (; ) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aldford and Saighton, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, a few miles south of Chester. The 2011 Census recorded a population for the parish of 202. Much of the surrounding land is owned by the Duke of Westminster.
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- Locality
- Chester
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- England
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- United Kingdom
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Saighton (; ) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aldford and Saighton, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, a few miles south of Chester. The 2011 Census recorded a population for the parish of 202. Much of the surrounding land is owned by the Duke of Westminster.
==History== The village is said to take its name from the Old English of salh and tun which translates into "the settlement where willow grows". The settlement predates the Norman Conquest and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Saltone. Most of the land and buildings in Saighton are owned by the Duke of Westminster's Eaton Estate, which has been in the ownership of the Grosvenor family since the 1440s.
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