Wychough

Wychough
Wichalgh
Wychough Wichalgh;
	; Fields south of Manor Farm
	Wychough Location within Cheshire
Population	11 (2001)
OS grid reference	SJ4845
Civil parish	Malpas;
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester;
Ceremonial county	Cheshire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MALPAS
Postcode district	SY14
Dialling code	01948
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Eddisbury;
	List of places UK England Cheshire 53°00′14″N 2°46′19″W / 53.004°N 2.772°WCoordinates: 53°00′14″N 2°46′19″W / 53.004°N 2.772°W

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] The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and merged into Malpas.^[2] Its name was also formerly spelt Wichalgh.^[3]

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.^[4]

History[]

Although Wychough was not mentioned in the Domesday Book, it was anciently a township of Malpas parish and a manor of the barony of Malpas.^[3] In the reign of Edward III the manor was in the possession of Philip de Egerton.^[3] As an administrative area that levied a separate rate, the township of Wychough became a civil parish subsequent to the .

References[]

^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Retrieved 2009-12-19
^ "WYCHOUGH". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ormerod (1882) The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol 2, Routledge, p.659
^ Dodgson (1997) The Place-names of Cheshire: Place-names of Broxton Hundred and Wirral Hundred, Cambridge UP, p.53

External links[]

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[1] Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Retrieved 2009-12-19

[2] "WYCHOUGH". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

[ormerod-3] Ormerod (1882) The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol 2, Routledge, p.659

[dodgson-4] Dodgson (1997) The Place-names of Cheshire: Place-names of Broxton Hundred and Wirral Hundred, Cambridge UP, p.53

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v t Cheshire West and Chester
Principal settlements	Chester Ellesmere Port Frodsham Neston Northwich Winsford
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Bridge Agden Aldersey Allostock Alvanley Anderton with Marbury Antrobus Aston Bache Backford Barnton Barrow Barton Beeston Bostock Broxton Burwardsley Byley Capenhurst Carden Chester Castle Chidlow Chorlton Chowley Christleton Churton Clotton Hoofield Clutton Coddington Comberbach Croughton Crowton Cuddington, Eddisbury Darnhall Davenham Dodleston Duckington Duddon and Burton Dutton Elton Farndon Frodsham Golborne David Great Boughton Great Budworth Guilden Sutton Handley Hartford Harthill Helsby Huntington Ince Kelsall Kingsley Kingsmead Lach Dennis Lea-by-Backford Ledsham Little Budworth Little Leigh Little Stanney Littleton Lostock Gralam Malpas Manley Marston Mollington Moston Mouldsworth Moulton Neston Nether Peover Norley Northwich Puddington Rowton Rudheath Rushton Shocklach Oviatt and District Sproston Stoak Stretton Sutton Weaver Tarporley Tarvin Thornton-le-Moors Threapwood Tilston Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley Upton-by-Chester Waverton Weaverham Wervin Whitegate and Marton Whitley Wigland Willington Wincham Winsford
Civil parishes (former)	Aldford Ashton Hayes Bickley Bradley Bridge Trafford Bruen Stapleford Buerton Burton Caldecott Caughall Chorlton-by-Backford Church Shocklach Churton by Aldford Churton by Farndon Churton Heath Claverton Cotton Abbotts Cotton Edmunds Crewe-by-Farndon Delamere Dunham-on-the-Hill Duddon Eaton Eccleston Edge Edgerley Foulk Stapleford Golborne Bellow Grafton Hampton Hapsford Hatton Hockenhull Hoole Village Horton-by-Malpas Horton-cum-Peel Huxley Iddinshall Kings Marsh Larkton Lea Newbold Lower Kinnerton Macefen Marlston-cum-Lache Mickle Trafford Newton by Malpas Newton-by-Tattenhall Oakmere Oldcastle Overton Picton Poulton Prior's Heys Pulford Saighton Saughall Shocklach Oviatt Shotwick Shotwick Park Stanthorne Stockton Tattenhall Tilstone Fearnall Tiverton Tushingham cum Grindley Utkinton Wimbolds Trafford Wimboldsley Woodbank Wychough
Unparished areas	Chester Ellesmere Port

v t Ceremonial county of Cheshire
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Unitary authorities	Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Halton Warrington
Major settlements	Alsager Birchwood Bollington Chester Congleton Crewe Culcheth Ellesmere Port Frodsham Handforth Holmes Chapel Knutsford Lymm Macclesfield Malpas Middlewich Nantwich Neston Northwich Poynton Runcorn Sandbach Warrington Widnes Wilmslow Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire
Rivers	Bollin Croco Dane Dean Dee Gowy Goyt Mersey Weaver Waldron Wheelock
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Wychough

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Etymology[]

History[]

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Wychough Wichalgh
Fields south of Manor Farm
Wychough Location within Cheshire
Population	11 (2001)
OS grid reference	SJ4845
Civil parish	Malpas
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MALPAS
Postcode district	SY14
Dialling code	01948

Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West

UK Parliament	Eddisbury
List of places UK England Cheshire 53°00′14″N 2°46′19″W / 53.004°N 2.772°W / 53.004; -2.772Coordinates: 53°00′14″N 2°46′19″W / 53.004°N 2.772°W / 53.004; -2.772