Alvanley
{{Short description|Village in Cheshire, England}}
{{About|the place|the title in the British Peerage|Baron Alvanley}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox UK place
|coordinates= {{coord|53.261|-2.756|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Alvanley
|label_position= bottom
|population= 472
|population_ref= (2011 census)
|civil_parish= Alvanley
|unitary_england= Cheshire West and Chester
|lieutenancy_england= Cheshire
|region= North West England
|country= England
|constituency_westminster= Runcorn and Helsby
|post_town= FRODSHAM
|postcode_district= WA6
|postcode_area= WA
|dial_code= 01928
|os_grid_reference= SJ496741
|static_image_name= St John's Church, Alvanley.jpg
|static_image_caption= St John's Church, Alvanley
}}
Alvanley is a small rural village and civil parish near Helsby, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is on the B5393 road and near junction 14 of the M56 motorway. According to the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 472.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04011037|title=Alvanley Parish|access-date=28 June 2021}}
History
The name means 'Aelfwald's wood/clearing', derived from an Old English personal name and the word lēah (a forest, wood, glade or clearing).{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Cheshire/Alvanley |title=Key to English Place-Names: Alvanley|publisher=University of Nottingham|access-date=28 June 2021}}
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Elvedelie,{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire1.html#alvanley |title=Cheshire A-K: Alvanley|publisher=Domesday Book Online|access-date=28 June 2021}} under the ownership of Earl Hugh of Chester and consisting of only three households (one villager and two smallholders).{{cite web|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ4973/alvanley/ |title=Alvanley|last=Powel-Smith|first=Anna|publisher=Open Domesday/University of Hull|access-date=28 June 2021}}
The population was recorded over time as 314 in 1801, 312 in 1851, 319 in 1901, 287 in 1951 and had reached 485 by the 2001 census.{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/Alvanley |title=Alvanley|publisher=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|access-date=28 June 2021}}{{NOMIS2001|id=13UH003|title=Alvanley Parish|access-date=28 June 2021}}
Governance
Alvanley was a township in Frodsham parish of the Eddisbury Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. From 1875 Alvanley was part of the Runcorn Rural Sanitary District, then Runcorn Rural District from 1894. Local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 transferred the civil parish into the Borough of Vale Royal, which was superseded by the unitary authority of Cheshire West & Chester on 1 April 2009.
Alvanley is within the Runcorn and Helsby parliamentary constituency.
Community
The village has a primary school,{{cite web |url=http://www.alvanleyandmanleyfederatedschools.cheshire.sch.uk/ |title=Welcome to our Federated Schools |publisher=Alvanley & Manley Federated Schools |access-date=31 October 2017}} a public house (the White Lion){{cite web |url=http://whitelionalvanley.co.uk/ |title=White Lion at Alvanley |publisher=The Broad Oak Pub Company |access-date=31 October 2017}} and a Grade II listed parish church dedicated to St John.{{National Heritage List for England| num=1330157 |desc=Church of St John |grade=II |access-date=31 October 2017}} Alvanley Hall is a Grade II* listed farmhouse to the south-east of the main village, dating mainly from the 17th century.{{NHLE |num= 1136561|desc= Alvanley Hall Farmhouse|access-date= 30 December 2011 |grade=II* |fewer-links=yes}}
Sport
Alvanley Cricket Club, established in 1884, runs five senior teams and four junior teams ranging from under-9s to under-18s. The club came fifth in Division One of the Cheshire County League in 2000, but a fallow period saw them fall back down to the Meller Braggins League. In 2011 the club won the League unbeaten with a record 461 points and in doing so found their way back into the County League for 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.alvanleycricketclub.org.uk/history |publisher=Alvanley Cricket Club |title=History |access-date=29 October 2017}} The Junior Section has in recent years begun to challenge for County Cups, without yet actually lifting one. 2008 to 2011 saw a period of investment in the club's infrastructure, rewarded by the award of prestigious games such as the Bunbury Festival and Cheshire County fixtures.
See also
{{Portal|Cheshire}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Alvanley}}
{{Cheshire, Cheshire West and Chester}}
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