Wychough

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Wychough
  • Wichalgh
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Wychough
Location within Cheshire
Population11 (2001)
OS grid reference SJ4845
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MALPAS
Postcode district SY14
Dialling code 01948
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
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England
Cheshire
53°00′14″N2°46′19″W / 53.004°N 2.772°W / 53.004; -2.772

Wychough is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Malpas, in the Cheshire West and Chester district, and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 11. [1] Its name was also formerly spelt Wichalgh. [2]

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Etymology

Like other placenames with the element wich(e) or wych(e) the name is a possibly a reference to the saline springs found within the parish at the hamlet of Lower Wych. The name was recorded in 1208 and 1347 as "Wychehalgh", with many variant spellings occurring in the following centuries. [3]

History

Although Wychough was not mentioned in the Domesday Book, it was anciently a township of Malpas parish [4] and a manor of the barony of Malpas. [2] In the reign of Edward III the manor was in the possession of Philip de Egerton. [2] As an administrative area that levied a separate rate, the township of Wychough became a civil parish subsequent to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1866. [5] On 1 April 2015 the parish was abolished and merged with Malpas. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Retrieved 2009-12-19
  2. 1 2 3 Ormerod (1882) The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol 2, Routledge, p.659
  3. ↑ Dodgson (1997) The Place-names of Cheshire: Place-names of Broxton Hundred and Wirral Hundred, Cambridge UP, p.53
  4. ↑ "History of Wychough, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Relationships and changes Wychough CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Wychough". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

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