Audlem


Audlem is a large village and civil parish located in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in North West England, approximately south of Nantwich. Close to the border with the neighbouring county of Shropshire, the village is eight miles east of Whitchurch and seven miles north of Market Drayton. According to the 2001 census, the population of the entire civil parish was 1,790, increasing to 1,991 at the 2011 Census.

History

Audlem was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Aldelime, and Edward I granted it a market charter in 1295.

Geography

It is situated on the Shropshire Union Canal which has a run of 15 locks, designed by Thomas Telford, to raise the canal from the Cheshire Plain to the higher Shropshire Plain. The River Weaver passes west of the village. Audlem railway station closed along with the local railway line in the 1960s.

Landmarks

is an Elizabethan timber-framed hall from 1616 which is from Audlem village centre.

Education and facilities

Audlem has clubs for tennis, badminton, football, cricket, golf, pigeon racing, caravanning, bell ringing and bowls. Cyclists meet informally at the Old Priest-House Cafe.
Saint James' Primary School is the only school in the village.

Notable residents and associated people