St Chad's Church is in Church Lane, close to the River Dee on the English-Welsh border, with Farnron on the Cheshire side and Holt on the other. It was build in the late 1300s and was badley damaged diring the Egglish Civil War when it was being used by Sir William Brereton and his parlimentary forces. Holt also has a similar looking but older red sandstone St Chad's Church on Bridge Street, estabilshed about 1280s.