Great Warford

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Great Warford is a small village in East Cheshire, England. Its inhabitants are generally senior citizens or property developers. It contains two public houses: the Stags Head and the Frozen Mop. One of its most notable buildings is Warford Hall, recently purchased by ex-footballer Ashley Ward. Many of the buildings in the village used to belong to a mental hospital called Mary Dendy Hospital.

The village is part of the prodigious SK9 postcode which has become known as an affluent area.^{[citation needed]} It is approximately 2.5 miles away from Alderley Edge and 4 miles from Wilmslow.

Great Warford includes the hamlets of Dean Green, Gatley Green, Monks Heath and Soss Moss. The population was 287 in 1801, 348 in 1851, 394 in 1901 and 1035 in 1951.

Churches and Chapels:

• Alderley, St. Mary (C of E). The ancient parish church for Great Warford.
• Great Warford, Baptist Chapel. Registers start in 1757.
• Great Warford, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built 1843, closed 1963. Registers of baptisms 1859-1961 are at the CRO.

Electoral districts: North Cheshire (1832-67); East Cheshire (1868-85); Knutsford (1885-1948); Macclesfield (1949-74)

Poor-Law Unions: Macclesfield

Registration districts: Macclesfield (1837-1998); Cheshire East (1998+)