Alpraham

{{Infobox UK place

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|official_name= Alpraham

|population= 407

|population_ref= (2011)

|civil_parish= Alpraham and Calveley

|unitary_england= Cheshire East

|lieutenancy_england= Cheshire

|region= North West England

|country= England

|constituency_westminster= Chester South and Eddisbury

|post_town= TARPORLEY

|postcode_district= CW6

|postcode_area= CW

|dial_code= 01829

|os_grid_reference= SJ584595

|static_image_name= The Travellers Rest - geograph.org.uk - 3867585.jpg

|static_image_caption= The Travellers Rest

}}

Alpraham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Alpraham and Calveley,{{cite web|url=https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168124.html|title=Alpraham and Calveley|publisher=Mapit|accessdate=4 July 2023}} 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.{{cite book|last1=Brandwood|first1=Geoff|title=Britain's best real heritage pubs|date=2013|publisher=CAMRA|location=St. Albans|isbn=9781852493042|page=22}} It was built in about 1850 and extended in 1937, and the interwar interior remains largely unchanged.heritagepubs.org.uk: [http://www.heritagepubs.org.uk/pubs/historic-pub-interior-entry.asp?pubid=7 Historic Pub Interiors], accessdate: 17 August 2014

Demography

The 2001 census gave the parish's population as 373,{{citation|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792550&c=alpraham&d=16&e=15&g=428156&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216049356271&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=2001 Census: Alpraham CP|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=14 July 2008}} rising to 407 in 162 households in the 2011 census.{{citation |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119957&c=Alpraham&d=16&e=62&g=6407687&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1476403691547&enc=1 |title=Area: Alpraham (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=14 October 2016 }} The population density was 0.6 persons/hectare in 2011, well below the average of 3.2 persons/hectare for Cheshire East.

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.{{Cite web|title=Alpraham {{!}} Domesday Book|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ5859/alpraham/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=opendomesday.org}} It had 4 ploughlands, 1 men's plough team, 2 acres of meadow and 2 leagues of woodland. In 1086 the value of the manor was just 8 shillings whereas in 1066 it had been 1 pound.

Alpraham was formerly a township in the parish of Bunbury,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3549|title=History of Alpraham, in Crewe and Nantwich and Cheshire|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=4 July 2023}} in 1866 became a civil parish,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10106424|title=Relationships and changes Alpraham CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=4 July 2023}} on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with Calveley to form "Alpraham and Calveley".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/cheshire%20east.html|title=Cheshire East Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=9 October 2023}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20180810003421/http://alprahamparishcouncil.co.uk/ Alpraham Parish Council]
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Category:Villages in Cheshire

Category:Former civil parishes in Cheshire

Category:Borough of Cheshire East

Alpraham

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