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Alpraham, Cheshire One Place Study

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Location: Alpraham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Alpraham, Cheshire One Place Study

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Geography

Continent: Europe
Sovereign State: United Kingdom
Country: England
County: Cheshire
GPS Coordinates: 53.131, -2.621
Elevation: 58.0 m or 190.3 feet

History

Alpraham was named in the Doomsday Books as comprising 9 households.

Interesting information about the archaeology of Cheshire including Alpraham using aerial photography following the extended and severe drought in 1976 may be found at [1]

Burdett's map of Cheshire in 1777 shows Alpraham as a small township with the principal area abuting Alpraham Hall [2]

Alpraham boasted 2 Methodist chapels at one time Both are sadly gone now being replaced by housing. Methodism was strong in Cheshire in the 1700 and 1800s and John Wesley visited Cheshire on a number of occasions preaching in Alpraham [3]

There are a number of listed buildings and sites in Alpraham  : these being Alpraham Hall, properties down Pinfold lane, Grove Cottage on A51, Shropshire Union Canal Bunbury Bridge, Shropshire Union Canal Cottage Bunbury Locks, Shropshire Union Canal Stable Block at Bunbury Locks, Shropshire Union Canal Bunbury Locks, Hillcrest Back Lane Alpraham, Hill Farmhouse Back Lane Alpraham, Clays Bridge Main Rd, Moated sites, settlement remains and associated field system 450m east of Southley Farm , Bunbury locks, bridge and stables , Robin Hood's Tump bowl barrow , Calveley Church, Former Stables of Calveley Church, The Woodlands. [4]

There were 2 public houses: the Tollemache Arms and the Travellers Rest, a Post Office which also sold haberdashery / household items, a general store with a newspaper round and a garage which also sold some food items . There was also The Alpraham and Calveley Reading Room which was used as a community venue for whist drives, Christmas Fayres etc. Only the Tollemache Arms remains in use and that on limited hours in 2024.

Population

The population of Alpraham was 494 in the 2021 census [5]

Sources

  1. https://www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/133-2-Williams.pdf
  2. https://www.rct.uk/collection/701241/survey-of-the-county-palatine-of-chester
  3. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/249500/?offset=0#page=19&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
  4. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?search=alpraham+cheshire&searchType=NHLE+Simple
  5. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/admin/cheshire_east/E04010893__alpraham/




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