Wirswall

Wirswall
South Cheshire Way at Wirswall
Wirswall is located in Cheshire
Wirswall
Wirswall
Location within Cheshire
Population76 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ544441
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWHITCHURCH
Postcode districtSY13
Dialling code01948
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
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England
Cheshire
52°59′33″N 2°40′43″W / 52.99243°N 2.67868°W / 52.99243; -2.67868

Wirswall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Marbury and District,[2] in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, located at SJ544441 near the Shropshire border, around 1½ miles north of Whitchurch.[3] The historical township had an area of 973 acres (3.94 km2).[4] The civil parish also included the settlements of Bradeley Green, Wicksted and part of Willey Moor.[5]

According to the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 76.[1] At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish remained less than 100. Details are now included in the civil parish of Marbury cum Quoisley.

  1. ^ a b Combining "Local Statistics: Marbury cum Quoisley - Wirswall". Cheshire County Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. & "Neighbourhood Statistics: Marbury cum Quoisley CP". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Marbury and District". Mapit. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey Pathfinder 807: Whitchurch (Shropshire) & Malpas (Cheshire)
  4. ^ Phillips ADM, Phillips CB (eds). A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire p. 109 (Cheshire County Council; 2002) (ISBN 0 904532 46 1)
  5. ^ "Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Wirswall". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 12 August 2007.