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The Travellers Rest is a
Historic Pub Interiors
accessdate: 17/08/2014 This pub has been in the same family since 1900. It has a
The Travellers Rest is a public house
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...
at Alpraham
Alpraham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Alpraham and Calveley, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the A51 road between Nantwich and Chester, seven miles north-west ...
, near Tarporley
Tarporley is a large village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. The civil parish also contains the village of Rhuddall Heath. Tarporley is bypassed by the A49 and A51 roads.
At the 2011 census, the population was 2,614.
History
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, in Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
, England.
It is on the Campaign for Real Ale
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation headquartered in St Albans, which promotes real ale, cider and perry and traditional British pubs and clubs.
History
The organisation was founded on 16 ...
's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors
The National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors was a register of public houses in the United Kingdom with interiors which had been noted as being of significant historic interest, having remained largely unchanged for at least 30 years, but us ...
.
It was built in about 1850 and extended in 1937, and the interwar interior remains largely unchanged.heritagepubs.org.ukHistoric Pub Interiors
accessdate: 17/08/2014 This pub has been in the same family since 1900. It has a
bowling green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...
which opened in 1921.
It used to have a café (opened early 1950s, closed 1989) which catered for coach traffic, mainly in the summer. It was used by of Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ...
as the refreshment halt on their Nottingham to Llandudno
Llandudno (, ) is a seaside resort, town and community (Wales), community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 UK census, the community â ...
express coach service.
References
Pubs in Cheshire National Inventory Pubs Borough of Cheshire East {{pub-stub