Alpraham through the ages…

DateEvent Description
Bronze AgeRobin Hood’s Tump Burial Mound
1068Domesday Book entry as Alburgham, an Anglo Saxon woman’s name
1138Watfield Pavement (Now the A51) A Saxon stone street
1200Alpraham, part of the Forest of Delamere
1312A water mill in the parish
1500The Page family were landowners
1634A great earthquake in Alpraham
1643Forces gathered during the Civil War at Tilston Heath for the “Pitch Battle of Tarporley”
1662Edward Bughall lived in Alpraham. He was renowned for his diary of the English Civil War
1700The centre of Alpraham was at the triangle of grass by Alpraham Hall
1742John Nelson preached under the pear tree at Moat House Farm
1749Rev John Wesley preached at Moat House Farm
1775“Highwayside” first recorded. The houses alongside the A51
1772The Shropshire Union Canal is opened
181323 Deer in Calveley Park
1839The Tithe Map of Alpraham
1840The railway is completed
1850’sThree Methodist Chapels in Alpraham. Wesleyan and Primitive
1850-1860Lord Tollemache rebuilds a lot of the farmhouses
1857John Bebbington is murdered by John Blagg, a shoemaker. Many walked to Chester to see him hang on 20th August
1870Tollgate by the Traveller’s Rest to collect charges for using the roads
1892The original Reading Room is built to provide the male inhabitants of Calveley, Alpraham & neighbourhood with a place where they may spend their leisure time pleasantly & intellectually.
1901The Parish of Tilston Fearnall includes Alpraham and Tiverton
1950The Point to Point races permanently meet at Rookery Farm
1962The original Reading Room is given to the two Parishes by the Tollemache Estate
1966The Ladies Afternoon Club was started
1968A new Youth Club was formed
1967-8Alpraham is badly affected by Foot and Mouth disease
1968The Carnival and coronation of the Rose Queen was revived having lapsed since 1935. It continued until 1981
2000Combined Alpraham and Calveley Millenium Celebration on the playing field
2018The original Reading Room is sold
2019The original Reading Room is demolished
2023Building starts on the new Village Hall
2024The new Village Hall opens