Allostock

Allostock
The Drovers Arms, Allostock
Allostock is located in Cheshire
Allostock
Allostock
Location within Cheshire
Population816 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSJ744708
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKnutsford
Postcode districtWA16
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°14′00″N 2°23′00″W / 53.233333°N 2.383333°W / 53.233333; -2.383333
Total Population Graph 1881-2011
Graph Allostock Age Profile 2011
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]

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]
Shakerley Mere
  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.