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.Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Chester Retrieved 2009-12-19 Its name was also formerly spelt Wichalgh.Ormerod (1882) The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol 2, Routledge, p.659

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

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. In the reign of Edward III the manor was in the possession of Philip de Egerton. 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. On 1 April 2015 the parish was abolished and merged with Malpas.

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