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Wimboldsley
Houses on Nantwich Road, Wimboldsley
Population153 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ688634
Civil parish
  • Wimboldsley
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMIDDLEWICH
Postcode districtCW10
Dialling code01606
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire

Wimboldsley is a village and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north-west of England, approximately 2 miles south of Middlewich. The civil parish population taken at the 2011 census was 153.[1]

On 1 April 2015, the civil parish amalgamated with Stanthorne to form Stanthorne and Wimboldsley.[2]

Geography

A small area in the west of the civil parish falls within the Weaver Valley Area of Special County Value.[3] Adjacent to this area, on the eastern bank of the River Weaver, is the Site of Special Scientific Interest of Wimboldsley Wood.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ The Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Stanthorne and Wimboldsley) Order 2015 (PDF), Cheshire West and Chester Council, 30 March 2015, retrieved 8 October 2016
  3. ^ Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Areas of Special County Value: Weaver Valley (accessed 3 March 2009)
  4. ^ Natural England: Wimboldsley Wood (accessed 16 April 2010)
  5. ^ Natural England: Nature on the Map: Wimboldsley Wood SSSI (accessed 16 April 2010)

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