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Alpraham
The Travellers Rest
Alpraham Location within Cheshire
Population	407 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ584595
Civil parish	Alpraham and Calveley
Unitary authority	Cheshire East
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TARPORLEY
Postcode district	CW6
Dialling code	01829

Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West

UK Parliament	Eddisbury
List of places UK England Cheshire 53°07′52″N 2°37′16″W / 53.131°N 2.621°W / 53.131; -2.621

Alpraham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Alpraham and Calveley,^[1] in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the A51 road between Nantwich and Chester, seven miles north-west of Nantwich. The population is around 400.

The Travellers Rest public house is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.^[2] It was built in about 1850 and extended in 1937, and the interwar interior remains largely unchanged.^[3]

Demography

The 2001 Census gave the parish's population as 373,^[4] rising to 407 in 162 households in the 2011 Census.^[5] The population density was 0.6 persons/hectare in 2011, well below the average of 3.2 persons/hectare for Cheshire East.^[5]

History

Alpraham was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Edwin, Earl of Mercia in 1066 and belonging to Gilbert de Venables in 1086 when it had 3 villagers and 6 smallholders.^[6] It had 4 ploughlands, 1 men's plough team, 2 acres of meadow and 2 leagues of woodland.^[6] In 1086 the value of the manor was just 8 shillings whereas in 1066 it had been 1 pound.^[6]

Alpraham was formerly a township in the parish of Bunbury,^[7] in 1866 became a civil parish,^[8] on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with Calveley to form "Alpraham and Calveley".^[9]

References

^ "Alpraham and Calveley". Mapit. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ Brandwood, Geoff (2013). Britain's best real heritage pubs. St. Albans: CAMRA. p. 22. ISBN 9781852493042.
^ heritagepubs.org.uk: Historic Pub Interiors, accessdate: 17/08/2014
^ 2001 Census: Alpraham CP, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 14 July 2008
^ ^a ^b "Area: Alpraham (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 14 October 2016
^ ^a ^b ^c "Alpraham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^ "History of Alpraham, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Alpraham CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "Cheshire East Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

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Alpraham Parish Council
Alpraham in the Domesday Book

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