Wimbolds Trafford
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 Ince Lane |
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| Wimbolds Trafford shown within Cheshire | |
| Population | 212 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | SJ446724 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER |
| Postcode district | CH2 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
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Wimbolds Trafford is a hamlet and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The hamlet lies on the B5132 road, approximately 5 miles (8 km) to the north east of Chester and north of the village of Mickle Trafford. (grid reference SJ44)
Wimbolds Trafford is part of Mickle Trafford & District-Parish Council. The Parish Council meets on the second Monday of each alternate month in the Mickle Trafford Primary School at 7.00 pm. Meetings are preceded by 'public participation' when any member of the public is free to raise any issue of concern to them or to the wider community.
Wimbolds Trafford 'Winebald's Trafford (= valley ford)'. Elements and their meanings trog (Old English) A trough, a long narrow vessel; used topographically of a hollow. ford (Old English) A ford. pers.n. (Old English) pers.n. Personal name
Wimbold Trafford in the early 1870s was described as:
Wimbolds Trafford has had some boundary throughout the years. 1888 March 24 — Gained a detached part of Bridge Trafford (133 acres, pop. 0 in 1891) 1963 April 1 — Gained parts of Picton (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wervin (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost parts to Picton (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wervin (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961)
Wimbolds Trafford has details recorded about it in the Domesday book. Here is some of the recorded data: Total population: 3 households (very small). Total tax assessed: 1 geld units (very small). Taxable units: Taxable value 1 geld units. Value: Value to lord in 1066 £0.5. Value to lord in 1086 £0.1. Households: 2 smallholders. 1 riders. Ploughland: 1 ploughland (land for). Lords in 1066: Guthlac; Leofric. Lord in 1086: Earl Hugh of Chester. Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Earl Hugh of Chester. Phillimore reference: 1,5
The current population as recorded by 2011 census is 212, 109 males and 103 females. The first United Kingdom census in 1881 recorded a population of 97 population dropped to a low of 86 in 1911 and 1921 census, however after that it grew again, jumping from 73 in the 1931 census to 122 in the 1955 census.
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