Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ALPRAHAM

ALPRAHAM, a township in Bunbury parish, Cheshire; near the Chester canal, 2 miles N of Calverley r. station, and 3½ ESE of Tarporley. It has a post office under Tarporley. Acres, 1,596. Real property, £2,691. Pop., 530. Houses, 99. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Alpraham Tn/CP       Bunbury AP/Tn/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Alpraham

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