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{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Wildboarclough
| static_image = Clough House, Wildboarclough - geograph.org.uk - 195058.jpg
| coordinates = {{coord|53.216|-2.026|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Cheshire
| civil_parish = [[Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough]]
| unitary_england= [[Cheshire East]]
| lieutenancy_england= [[Cheshire]]
| region = North West England
| os_grid_reference = SJ983688
}}
'''Wildboarclough''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɪ|l|b|ə|k|l|ʌ|f}} {{respell|WIL|bə|kluf}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cheshirenow.co.uk/wildboarclough.html|title=Wildboarclough}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/cheshire-towns-villages-names-non-17004177|title= The Cheshire towns and villages with names that non-locals always pronounce wrong|date= 30 September 2019|publisher= CheshireLive|accessdate= 10 February 2023}}</ref> is a village in the [[civil parish]] of [[Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough]], in the [[Cheshire East]] district, in the ceremonial county of [[Cheshire]], England, within the [[Peak District National Park]]. Bilsborough states that the name arises from the rapid rise in levels of the Clough Brook after a heavy fall of rain, but Mills<ref>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A D |title=Dictionary of English Place-Names (2nd ed) |year=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-280074-4 }}</ref> gives it as a deep valley (or clough) frequented by [[wild boar]]. According to old legend it was the place where the last wild boar in [[England]] was killed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bilsborough |first=Norman |title=The Treasures of Cheshire |year=1983 |publisher=The North West Civic Trust |location=Manchester |isbn=0-901347-35-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/treasuresofchesh00norm }}</ref>
Wildboarclough was formerly a [[Township (England)|township]] in the parish of [[Prestbury, Cheshire|Prestbury]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1531|title=History of Wildboarclough, in Macclesfield and Cheshire|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=26 September 2023}}</ref> in 1866 Wildboarclough became a civil parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10010548|title=Relationships and changes Wildboarclough Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 September 2023}}</ref> on 1 April 1981 the parish was abolished and merged with [[Macclesfield Forest (village)|Macclesfield Forest]] to form "Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/macclesfield.html|title=Macclesfield Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=26 September 2023}}</ref> In 1961 the parish had a population of 142.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10010548/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Wildboarclough Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 September 2023}}</ref>
From the nearby summit of [[Shutlingsloe]] ({{Convert|506|m|ft|abbr=}}), which lies just to the north-west of the village, a wide panorama of the [[Cheshire Plain]] and the Peak District can be obtained. In clear conditions the view extends as far as the [[Mersey Estuary]] and the Welsh [[Clwydian Hills]] {{Convert|40|mi|km|abbr=}} to the west, and the cooling towers of the power stations on the banks of the [[River Trent]] {{Convert|50|mi|km|abbr=}} to the east. Nearby is the hamlet of [[Saltersford]]. The [[Peak District Boundary Walk]] runs through the village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=McCloy|first=Andrew|title=Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park|publisher=Friends of the Peak District|year=2017|isbn=978-1909461536}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Crag Hall]]
*[[St Saviour's Church, Wildboarclough]]
==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Borough of Cheshire East]]
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