Alpraham

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Alpraham
The Travellers Rest - geograph.org.uk - 126409.jpg
The Travellers Rest
Alpraham is located in Cheshire
Alpraham
Alpraham
Location within Cheshire
Population407 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ584595
Civil parish
  • Alpraham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTARPORLEY
Postcode districtCW6
Dialling code01829
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Cheshire
53°07′52″N 2°37′16″W / 53.131°N 2.621°W / 53.131; -2.621Coordinates: 53°07′52″N 2°37′16″W / 53.131°N 2.621°W / 53.131; -2.621

Alpraham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village includes a public house and football field, which are situated on the A51 road, between Nantwich and Chester, and is about seven miles north-west of Nantwich. The total population is around 400 people.

Alpraham formerly hosted the annual point to point for the Cheshire Hunt, towards the end of March. The event has now moved to a new location near Crewe.[citation needed]

Annually in September, there is a Village Day held on the Alpraham football pitch, with stalls and events such as tractor rides, a penalty shoot-out competition and a tug-of-war.[citation needed]

The Travellers Rest public house is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.[1] It was built in about 1850 and extended in 1937, and the interwar interior remains largely unchanged.[2]

Demography[]

The 2001 Census gave the parish's population as 373,[3] rising to 407 in 162 households in the 2011 Census.[4] The population density was 0.6 persons/hectare in 2011, well below the average of 3.2 persons/hectare for Cheshire East.[4]

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.[5] It had 4 ploughlands, 1 men's plough team, 2 acres of meadow and 2 leagues of woodland.[5]In 1086 the value of the manor was just 8 shillings whereas in 1066 it had been 1 pound.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Brandwood, Geoff (2013). Britain's best real heritage pubs. St. Albans: CAMRA. p. 22. ISBN 9781852493042.
  2. ^ heritagepubs.org.uk: Historic Pub Interiors, accessdate: 17/08/2014
  3. ^ 2001 Census: Alpraham CP, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 14 July 2008
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Area: Alpraham (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 14 October 2016
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Alpraham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

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