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Alpraham
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] DemographyThe 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] HistoryAlpraham 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] See alsoReferences
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