Allostock

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Allostock
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The Drovers Arms, Allostock
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Allostock
Location within Cheshire
Population816 (2011 census)
OS grid reference SJ744708
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Knutsford
Postcode district WA16
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°14′00″N2°23′00″W / 53.233333°N 2.383333°W / 53.233333; -2.383333
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Total Population Graph 1881-2011
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Graph Allostock Age Profile 2011
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Map of Allostock civil parish within the former borough of Vale Royal

Allostock is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, about five miles south of Knutsford and 20 miles south of Manchester. Allostock was formerly in the borough of Vale Royal until it was abolished on 1 April 2009 to form Cheshire West and Chester. [1] Allostock is located on an affluent of the river Weaver. It had a population of 816 according to the 2011 census data as well as 325 households. [2]

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John Bartholemew wrote this in 1887 about Allostock:

"Allostock, township, Great Budworth par., mid. Cheshire, 5 miles S. of Knutsford, 3017 ac., pop. 501." [3]
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Shakerley Mere

See also

References

  1. Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008
  2. Allostock. "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. Bartholomew, John (1887). Gazetteer of the British Isles (1st ed.). Allostock: Bartholemew. Retrieved 4 February 2013.