Wildboarclough ( ) is a village in the
civil parish
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of
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, in the
Cheshire East
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district, in the ceremonial county of
Cheshire
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, England, within the
Peak District National Park Peak or The Peak may refer to:
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. Bilsborough states that the name arises from the rapid rise in levels of the Clough Brook after a heavy fall of rain, but Mills gives it as a deep valley (or clough) frequented by
wild boar
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. According to old legend it was the place where the last wild boar in
England
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was killed.
Wildboarclough was formerly a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in the parish of
Prestbury, in 1866 Wildboarclough became a civil parish, on 1 April 1981 the parish was abolished and merged with
Macclesfield Forest
Macclesfield Forest is an area of woodland, predominantly conifer plantation, around south east of Macclesfield in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, in Cheshire, England.
The existing woodland is the last substantial ...
to form "Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough". In 1961 the parish had a population of 142.
From the nearby summit of
Shutlingsloe
Shutlingsloe is a hill near the village of Wildboarclough, in the east of the county of Cheshire. It stands to the south of Macclesfield Forest, on the edge of the Peak District and within the Peak District National Park. (), which lies just to the north-west of the village, a wide panorama of the
Cheshire Plain
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and the Peak District can be obtained. In clear conditions the view extends as far as the
Mersey Estuary
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and the Welsh
Clwydian Hills
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to the west, and the cooling towers of the power stations on the banks of the
River Trent
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to the east. Nearby is the hamlet of
Saltersford. The
Peak District Boundary Walk
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runs through the village.
See also
*
Crag Hall
*
St Saviour's Church, Wildboarclough
References
Villages in Cheshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Former civil parishes in Cheshire
Borough of Cheshire East
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