Iddinshall is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

, now in the parish of Clotton Hoofield, in the

Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Gover ...

district and ceremonial county of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county tow ...

in England. In 2001 it had a population of 42. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and merged into Clotton Hoofield. The parish contained one

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, Iddinshall Hall, which is recorded in the

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as a designated Grade II

. This is a brick farmhouse dating from the 18th century. To the southeast of the building is a

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ed site, formerly occupied by a building also known as Iddenshall Hall, which had been demolished by 1810. The site is a

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Former civil parishes in Cheshire Cheshire West and Chester {{Cheshire-geo-stub