Wychough
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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. Its name was also formerly spelt Wichalgh.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Wychough
- UK place.local_name
- Wichalgh
- UK place.static_image
- Fields south of Manor Farm - geograph.org.uk - 441065.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Fields south of Manor Farm
- UK place.population
- 11
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Malpas
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cheshire West and Chester
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cheshire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Chester South and Eddisbury
- UK place.post_town
- MALPAS
- UK place.postcode_district
- SY14
- UK place.postcode_area
- SY
- UK place.dial_code
- 01948
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ4845
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- Population
- 11
- Image
- Fields south of Manor Farm - geograph.org.uk - 441065.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01948
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- Wychough
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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. Its name was also formerly spelt Wichalgh.
==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.
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