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From: "Lesley Baxendale" <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] Hole Edge, Wildboarclough
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:45:19 -0000
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Hi Graham,

Interesting isn't it. I've always understood that it referred to the
stream, but I don't know where that information came from - probably an
uncle of a neighbours friend, or some such, knowing Macclesfield! I suppose
over the years there have been various explanations of the meaning. We'll
probably never know for certain which is correct.

Regards

Lesley

-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Pointon [mailto:]
Sent: 09 March 2010 22:38
To: Lesley Baxendale
Cc: 'Ellen Edwards';
Subject: Re: [CHS] Hole Edge, Wildboarclough

I don't have access to the English Place Name Society's volumes on
Cheshire, which I would always believe implicitly, but the Oxford Names
Companion says "Deep valley frequented by wild boar". The earliest
reference it gives is 1357, with the spelling Wildeborclogh.

Graham

Lesley Baxendale wrote:
> Hi Ellen,
>
> Growing up in Macclesfield in the 1950's & 60's, we always called it
> 'whilebucluff'. I suppose it's subjective - people actually living there
> might have pronounced it entirely differently.
>
> As Bob remarks, it has nothing to do with wild boar, but refers to the
> stream. An indication of how powerfull this stream was is that there was
a
> water powered mill there for a long time.
>
> Regards
>
> Lesley Baxendale
> Colwyn Bay, N Wales
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]
> On Behalf Of Ann Harris
> Sent: 08 March 2010 08:36
> To: Ellen Edwards;
> Subject: Re: [CHS] Hole Edge, Wildboarclough
>
> Hi Ellen
>
> Wildboarclough is pronounced as; wild boar cluff.
>
> A few years ago the river down in the valley near to the Wildboarclough
> Church burst its' banks, bridges collasped and it brought trees down.
>
> Ann
>
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