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Also known as Alvanley, Cheshire

Alvanley is a small rural village and civil parish near Helsby, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is on the B5393 road and near junction 14 of the M56 motorway. According to the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 472.

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Locality
Manley
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Instance of
civil parish
Population
472
Shares border with
Manley
Image
St John's Church, Alvanley.jpg
Dialing code
01928
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Commons category
Alvanley
postal code
WA6
OS grid reference
SJ496741
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Alvanley is a small rural village and civil parish near Helsby, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is on the B5393 road and near junction 14 of the M56 motorway. According to the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 472.

==History== The name means 'Aelfwald's wood/clearing', derived from an Old English personal name and the word lēah (a forest, wood, glade or clearing).

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