Nether Alderley is a village and

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, England, on the A34 a mile and a half south of

Alderley Edge Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. In 2011, it had a population of 4,780. Alderley Edge is northwest of Macclesfield and south of Manchester, at the base of a steep and thickly wooded sandstone escarpment, Ald ...

. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Monk's Heath and Soss Moss. At Monk's Heath crossroads, the A34 crosses the A537. The

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research laboratories at

Alderley Park Alderley Park was a country estate at Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England, between Macclesfield and Knutsford. It was the residence of the Stanley family of Alderley from the 1500s. It became the headquarters of ICI Pharmaceuticals in the 1950s. I ...

house 260 cancer research scientists. At the 2011 census, the population was 665.

Landmarks

St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley St Mary's Church is an Anglican church at the end of a lane to the south of the village of Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England. It dates from the 14th century, with later additions and a major restoration in the late-19th century. The ...

, is a Grade I

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, described by Nickolaus Pevsner as "unexpectedly and picturesquely irregular".

Nether Alderley Mill Nether Alderley Mill is a 16th-century watermill located in Congleton Road (the A34), to the south of the village of Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England. It is owned by the National Trust, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for Engl ...

is a 16th-century watermill owned by the

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and designated at Grade II*.

Notable residents

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and his wife, pop star

Victoria Beckham Victoria Caroline Beckham (; born 17 April 1974) is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh Spice. W ...

, used to have a house in Nether Alderley. * Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine used to live next door to St Mary's Church in Nether Alderley. *

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has a house in Nether Alderley. * Henry de Motlowe, judge and politician, was the local landowner in the 1340s and 1350s

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