Wimboldsley

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Wimboldsley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanthorne and Wimboldsley, in the Cheshire West and Chester district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, 2 miles south of Middlewich. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 153. A depot for the currently under construction High Speed 2 railway will be situated here.

Geography

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

Governance

Wimboldsley was formerly a township in the parish of Middlewich, in 1866 Wimboldsley became a civil parish, on 1 April 2015, the civil parish amalgamated with Stanthorne to form "Stanthorne and Wimboldsley".

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