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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Alvaston like this:
ALVASTON, a township in Nantwich parish, Cheshire; 1½ mile N of Nantwich. It includes part of Beam Heath. Acres, 616. Real property, £1,380. Pop., 28. Houses, 6.
Alvaston is now part of CHESHIRE EAST Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE EAST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Alvaston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Alvaston, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22434
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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