Nether Alderley

Nether Alderley
St. Mary's Church, Nether Alderley
Nether Alderley Location within Cheshire
Population	665 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ842763
Civil parish	Nether Alderley
Unitary authority	Cheshire East
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MACCLESFIELD
Postcode district	SK10
Dialling code	01625
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Tatton

Nether Alderley is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, on the A34 a mile and a half south of Alderley Edge. 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 research laboratories at Alderley Park house 260 cancer research scientists.^[1][2]

At the 2011 census, the population was 665.^[3]

Landmarks

St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley, is a Grade I listed building,^[4] described by Nickolaus Pevsner as "unexpectedly and picturesquely irregular".^[5] Nether Alderley Mill is a 16th-century watermill owned by the National Trust^[6] and designated at Grade II*.^[7]

Notable residents

• David Beckham and his wife, pop star Victoria Beckham, used to have a house in Nether Alderley.^[8]
• Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine used to live next door to St Mary's Church in Nether Alderley.^[9]
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær has a house in Nether Alderley.^[10]
• Henry de Motlowe, judge and politician, was the local landowner in the 1340s and 1350s

See also

• Listed buildings in Nether Alderley
• Alderley Park
• Gatley Green

References

1. Astra Zeneca Cancer Research Laboratories
2. "Astra Zeneca - Alderley Park site", archived from the original on 15 July 2009, retrieved 18 July 2009
3. "Civil Parish population 2011", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 14 March 2016
4. Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Nether Alderley (1138849)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 May 2012
5. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. Yale University Press. p. 503. ISBN 9780300170436.
6. Nether Alderley Mill, National Trust, retrieved 10 March 2012
7. Historic England, "Nether Alderley Mill and dam wall (1139592)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 March 2012
8. "New road threatens Beckhams' home", BBC News, 12 July 2002, retrieved 3 June 2020
9. "Hamiltons Put £1.25 Million Home on The Market", Warrington Guardian, 12 April 2001, retrieved 3 June 2020
10. "Ole to demolish mansion", Manchester Evening News, 1 November 2007, retrieved 3 June 2020

External links

Media related to Nether Alderley at Wikimedia Commons