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Peckforton
Peckforton is a scattered settlement (centred at ) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The settlement is located to the north east of Malpas and miles to the west of Nantwich. The total population of the civil parish is somewhat over 100. Nearby villages include Bulkeley to the south, Beeston to the north, Higher Burwardsley to the west, Spurstow to the east and Bunbury to the north east.
The Peckforton Hills form the western part of the civil parish. At the northern end of the ridge stands Peckforton Castle, a Victorian mansion built in imitation of a medieval castle for John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache, and many of the local buildings were constructed in the mid-Victorian period for Lord Tollemache as part of the Peckforton Estate.
== History ==
The Peckforton Hills were quarried during the Roman era.〔Phillips ADM, Phillips CB. ''A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire'', p. 19 (Cheshire County Council; 2002) (ISBN 0 904532 46 1)〕 Peckforton appears in the Domesday survey of 1086, when it was held by Wulfric. The survey lists land for two ploughs.〔Morgan P, ed. ''Domesday Book: Cheshire'', section 2, paragraph 28 (Phillimore; 1978) (ISBN 0 85033 139 0)〕 Peckforton fell in the ancient parish of Bunbury in the Eddisbury Hundred.〔
Peckforton and the adjacent Beeston were part of an estate purchased by John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache in 1840.〔(Peckforton Hills Local Heritage: Peckforton Castle ) (accessed 11 March 2008)〕 Lord Tollemache built Peckforton Castle in 1844–50. Praised as a model landlord, he had over fifty farms and many cottages built on his Cheshire estate, at a cost of around £280,000.〔〔Robinson JM. ''A Guide to the Country Houses of the North-West'', pp. 56–7 (Constable; 1991) (ISBN 0 09 469920 8)〕 Labourers were encouraged to rent of land to farm to supplement their income.〔 The woods that surround the castle were largely planted in 1922.〔Durdey R (2007–2008) John Tollemache and his castle. ''Cheshire History'' 47: 75–87〕 , the Tollemache family remain the major landowners in Peckforton, although the castle itself was sold in 1989.〔Anon. Castles and cottages: The view from the estates. ''Sandstone News'' (June 2005) Downloaded at (Sandstone News ) (accessed 11 March 2008)〕
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