Wychough

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]

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

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 Poor Law Amendment Act 1866.

See also

• Listed buildings in Wychough

References

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

External links

Media related to Wychough at Wikimedia Commons