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There are 4 brochures that can be purchased from Eaton Estate Office.  They are; The Gardens, The carriage collection, The railway and Halls of Eaton.

HRH The Prince of Wales visited the Eaton Estate village of Aldford. He laid the corner stone of a new Affordable Housing initiative and met the local people. In the evening there was a ball for the Prince's Trust. For the full story please click here.

The 3rd Duke

William Grosvenor was the 3rd Duke of Westminster. Brain damaged at birth he was such a small baby that he was fed milk through a fountain pen filler. His mother died shortly after he was born and so he was brought up and looked after by his stepmother Rosamund.

He and Rosamund lived in a small private house in the south of England and were given a living allowance by the Grosvenor Estate. When Rosamund died William had a number of carers and moved to Bath for a short period. He died in 1963 in Whitstable.