Wilmslow
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Wilmslow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England. It lies south of Manchester and north-west of Macclesfield. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 26,213 and the built up area had a population of 25,725.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- 120px
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Coat of Arms of Wilmslow Town Council
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Town and civil parish
- UK place.london_direction
- SE
- UK place.official_name
- Wilmslow
- UK place.population_ref
- 26,213 (parish, 2021);
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wilmslow
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cheshire East
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cheshire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Tatton
- UK place.post_town
- WILMSLOW
- UK place.postcode_district
- SK9
- UK place.postcode_area
- SK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01625
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ840810
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 24497
- Image
- Wilmslow Church.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01625
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- Wilmslow
- OS grid reference
- SJ840810
- postal code
- SK9
- P8168
- 240s BC
- P12749
- Alfred Hermann Fried
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Wilmslow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England. It lies south of Manchester and north-west of Macclesfield. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 26,213 and the built up area had a population of 25,725.
==History== ===Toponymy=== Wilmslow derives its name from Old English Wīghelmes hlāw, meaning "mound of a man called Wīghelm".
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